Conjugation of the verb tick in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tick in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tick
  • you tick
  • he|she|it ticks
  • we tick
  • you tick
  • they tick

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tick in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tick in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tick

Present participle

  • ticking

Past participle

  • ticked

Perfect Participle

  • having ticked

The imperative in English, for the verb to tick

Imperative

  • tick
  • let's tick
  • tick

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