Conjugation of the verb think in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb think in the present tenses

Present Tense

I think
you think
he|she|it thinks
we think
you think
they think

Present Continuous

I am thinking
you are thinking
he|she|it is thinking
we are thinking
you are thinking
they are thinking

Present Perfect

I have thought
you have thought
he|she|it has thought
we have thought
you have thought
they have thought

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been thinking
you have been thinking
he|she|it has been thinking
we have been thinking
you have been thinking
they have been thinking

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 think in the past tenses

Simple past

I thought
you thought
he|she|it thought
we thought
you thought
they thought

Past continuous

I was thinking
you were thinking
he|she|it was thinking
we were thinking
you were thinking
they were thinking

Past perfect

I had thought
you had thought
he|she|it had thought
we had thought
you had thought
they had thought

Past perfect continuous

I had been thinking
you had been thinking
he|she|it had been thinking
we had been thinking
you had been thinking
they had been thinking

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 think in the futur tenses

Future

I will think
you will think
he|she|it will think
we will think
you will think
they will think

Future continuous

I will be thinking
you will be thinking
he|she|it will be thinking
we will be thinking
you will be thinking
they will be thinking

Future perfect

I will have thought
you will have thought
he|she|it will have thought
we will have thought
you will have thought
they will have thought

Future perfect continuous

I will have been thinking
you will have been thinking
he|she|it will have been thinking
we will have been thinking
you will have been thinking
they will have been thinking

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 think

Present participle

thinking

Past participle

thought

Perfect Participle

having thought

The imperative in English, for the verb to think

Imperative

think
let's think
think

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