Conjugation of the verb tap in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tap in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tap
  • you tap
  • he|she|it taps
  • we tap
  • you tap
  • they tap

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tap in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tap in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tap

Present participle

  • tapping

Past participle

  • tapped

Perfect Participle

  • having tapped

The imperative in English, for the verb to tap

Imperative

  • tap
  • let's tap
  • tap

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