Conjugation of the verb tempt in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tempt in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tempt
  • you tempt
  • he|she|it tempts
  • we tempt
  • you tempt
  • they tempt

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tempt in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tempt in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tempt

Present participle

  • tempting

Past participle

  • tempted

Perfect Participle

  • having tempted

The imperative in English, for the verb to tempt

Imperative

  • tempt
  • let's tempt
  • tempt

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