Conjugation of the verb spruce in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb spruce in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I spruce
  • you spruce
  • he|she|it spruces
  • we spruce
  • you spruce
  • they spruce

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 spruce in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 spruce in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 spruce

Present participle

  • sprucing

Past participle

  • spruced

Perfect Participle

  • having spruced

The imperative in English, for the verb to spruce

Imperative

  • spruce
  • let's spruce
  • spruce

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