Conjugation of the verb surface in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb surface in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I surface
  • you surface
  • he|she|it surfaces
  • we surface
  • you surface
  • they surface

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 surface in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 surface in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 surface

Present participle

  • surfacing

Past participle

  • surfaced

Perfect Participle

  • having surfaced

The imperative in English, for the verb to surface

Imperative

  • surface
  • let's surface
  • surface

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