Conjugation of the verb surprise in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb surprise in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I surprise
  • you surprise
  • he|she|it surprises
  • we surprise
  • you surprise
  • they surprise

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 surprise in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 surprise in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 surprise

Present participle

  • surprising

Past participle

  • surprised

Perfect Participle

  • having surprised

The imperative in English, for the verb to surprise

Imperative

  • surprise
  • let's surprise
  • surprise

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