Conjugation of the verb understate in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb understate in English.
Conjugation of the verb understate in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I understate
- you understate
- he|she|it understates
- we understate
- you understate
- they understate
Present Continuous
- I am understating
- you are understating
- he|she|it is understating
- we are understating
- you are understating
- they are understating
Present Perfect
- I have understated
- you have understated
- he|she|it has understated
- we have understated
- you have understated
- they have understated
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been understating
- you have been understating
- he|she|it has been understating
- we have been understating
- you have been understating
- they have been understating
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 understate in the past tenses
Simple past
- I understated
- you understated
- he|she|it understated
- we understated
- you understated
- they understated
Past continuous
- I was understating
- you were understating
- he|she|it was understating
- we were understating
- you were understating
- they were understating
Past perfect
- I had understated
- you had understated
- he|she|it had understated
- we had understated
- you had understated
- they had understated
Past perfect continuous
- I had been understating
- you had been understating
- he|she|it had been understating
- we had been understating
- you had been understating
- they had been understating
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 understate in the futur tenses
Future
- I will understate
- you will understate
- he|she|it will understate
- we will understate
- you will understate
- they will understate
Future continuous
- I will be understating
- you will be understating
- he|she|it will be understating
- we will be understating
- you will be understating
- they will be understating
Future perfect
- I will have understated
- you will have understated
- he|she|it will have understated
- we will have understated
- you will have understated
- they will have understated
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been understating
- you will have been understating
- he|she|it will have been understating
- we will have been understating
- you will have been understating
- they will have been understating
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 understate
The imperative in English, for the verb to understate
Imperative
- understate
- let's understate
- understate
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