Conjugation of the verb stay in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb stay in English.
Conjugation of the verb stay in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I stay
- you stay
- he|she|it stays
- we stay
- you stay
- they stay
Present Continuous
- I am staying
- you are staying
- he|she|it is staying
- we are staying
- you are staying
- they are staying
Present Perfect
- I have stayed
- you have stayed
- he|she|it has stayed
- we have stayed
- you have stayed
- they have stayed
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been staying
- you have been staying
- he|she|it has been staying
- we have been staying
- you have been staying
- they have been staying
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 stay in the past tenses
Simple past
- I stayed
- you stayed
- he|she|it stayed
- we stayed
- you stayed
- they stayed
Past continuous
- I was staying
- you were staying
- he|she|it was staying
- we were staying
- you were staying
- they were staying
Past perfect
- I had stayed
- you had stayed
- he|she|it had stayed
- we had stayed
- you had stayed
- they had stayed
Past perfect continuous
- I had been staying
- you had been staying
- he|she|it had been staying
- we had been staying
- you had been staying
- they had been staying
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 stay in the futur tenses
Future
- I will stay
- you will stay
- he|she|it will stay
- we will stay
- you will stay
- they will stay
Future continuous
- I will be staying
- you will be staying
- he|she|it will be staying
- we will be staying
- you will be staying
- they will be staying
Future perfect
- I will have stayed
- you will have stayed
- he|she|it will have stayed
- we will have stayed
- you will have stayed
- they will have stayed
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been staying
- you will have been staying
- he|she|it will have been staying
- we will have been staying
- you will have been staying
- they will have been staying
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.
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