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