Conjugation of the verb spend in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb spend in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I spend
  • you spend
  • he|she|it spends
  • we spend
  • you spend
  • they spend

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 spend in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 spend in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 spend

Present participle

  • spending

Past participle

  • spent

Perfect Participle

  • having spent

The imperative in English, for the verb to spend

Imperative

  • spend
  • let's spend
  • spend

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