Conjugation of the verb uphold in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb uphold in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I uphold
  • you uphold
  • he|she|it upholds
  • we uphold
  • you uphold
  • they uphold

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 uphold in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 uphold in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 uphold

Present participle

  • upholding

Past participle

  • upheld

Perfect Participle

  • having upheld

The imperative in English, for the verb to uphold

Imperative

  • uphold
  • let's uphold
  • uphold

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