Conjugation of the verb speculate in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb speculate in English.

Conjugation of the verb speculate in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I speculate
  • you speculate
  • he|she|it speculates
  • we speculate
  • you speculate
  • they speculate

Present Continuous

  • I am speculating
  • you are speculating
  • he|she|it is speculating
  • we are speculating
  • you are speculating
  • they are speculating

Present Perfect

  • I have speculated
  • you have speculated
  • he|she|it has speculated
  • we have speculated
  • you have speculated
  • they have speculated

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been speculating
  • you have been speculating
  • he|she|it has been speculating
  • we have been speculating
  • you have been speculating
  • they have been speculating

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb speculate in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I speculated
  • you speculated
  • he|she|it speculated
  • we speculated
  • you speculated
  • they speculated

Past continuous

  • I was speculating
  • you were speculating
  • he|she|it was speculating
  • we were speculating
  • you were speculating
  • they were speculating

Past perfect

  • I had speculated
  • you had speculated
  • he|she|it had speculated
  • we had speculated
  • you had speculated
  • they had speculated

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been speculating
  • you had been speculating
  • he|she|it had been speculating
  • we had been speculating
  • you had been speculating
  • they had been speculating

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb speculate in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will speculate
  • you will speculate
  • he|she|it will speculate
  • we will speculate
  • you will speculate
  • they will speculate

Future continuous

  • I will be speculating
  • you will be speculating
  • he|she|it will be speculating
  • we will be speculating
  • you will be speculating
  • they will be speculating

Future perfect

  • I will have speculated
  • you will have speculated
  • he|she|it will have speculated
  • we will have speculated
  • you will have speculated
  • they will have speculated

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been speculating
  • you will have been speculating
  • he|she|it will have been speculating
  • we will have been speculating
  • you will have been speculating
  • they will have been speculating

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to speculate

Present participle

  • speculating

Past participle

  • speculated

Perfect Participle

  • having speculated

The imperative in English, for the verb to speculate

Imperative

  • speculate
  • let's speculate
  • speculate

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