Conjugation of the verb strain in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb strain in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I strain
  • you strain
  • he|she|it strains
  • we strain
  • you strain
  • they strain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 strain in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 strain in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 strain

Present participle

  • straining

Past participle

  • strained

Perfect Participle

  • having strained

The imperative in English, for the verb to strain

Imperative

  • strain
  • let's strain
  • strain

Conjugate another verb in English

Other random verbs to discover in English: canopy disrespect riffle sanction statement stow straighten straiten streak sweet-talk underrate