Conjugation of the verb try in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb try in the present tenses

Present Tense

I try
you try
he|she|it tries
we try
you try
they try

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 try in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 try in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 try

Present participle

trying

Past participle

tried

Perfect Participle

having tried

The imperative in English, for the verb to try

Imperative

try
let's try
try

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