Conjugation of the verb stop in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb stop in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I stop
  • you stop
  • he|she|it stops
  • we stop
  • you stop
  • they stop

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 stop in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 stop in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 stop

Present participle

  • stopping

Past participle

  • stopped

Perfect Participle

  • having stopped

The imperative in English, for the verb to stop

Imperative

  • stop
  • let's stop
  • stop

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