Conjugation of the verb substitute in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb substitute in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I substitute
  • you substitute
  • he|she|it substitutes
  • we substitute
  • you substitute
  • they substitute

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 substitute in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 substitute in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 substitute

Present participle

  • substituting

Past participle

  • substituted

Perfect Participle

  • having substituted

The imperative in English, for the verb to substitute

Imperative

  • substitute
  • let's substitute
  • substitute

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