Conjugation of the verb tense in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tense in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tense
  • you tense
  • he|she|it tenses
  • we tense
  • you tense
  • they tense

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tense in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tense in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tense

Present participle

  • tensing

Past participle

  • tensed

Perfect Participle

  • having tensed

The imperative in English, for the verb to tense

Imperative

  • tense
  • let's tense
  • tense

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