Conjugation of the verb wait in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb wait in English.
Conjugation of the verb wait in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I wait
- you wait
- he|she|it waits
- we wait
- you wait
- they wait
Present Continuous
- I am waiting
- you are waiting
- he|she|it is waiting
- we are waiting
- you are waiting
- they are waiting
Present Perfect
- I have waited
- you have waited
- he|she|it has waited
- we have waited
- you have waited
- they have waited
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been waiting
- you have been waiting
- he|she|it has been waiting
- we have been waiting
- you have been waiting
- they have been waiting
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 wait in the past tenses
Simple past
- I waited
- you waited
- he|she|it waited
- we waited
- you waited
- they waited
Past continuous
- I was waiting
- you were waiting
- he|she|it was waiting
- we were waiting
- you were waiting
- they were waiting
Past perfect
- I had waited
- you had waited
- he|she|it had waited
- we had waited
- you had waited
- they had waited
Past perfect continuous
- I had been waiting
- you had been waiting
- he|she|it had been waiting
- we had been waiting
- you had been waiting
- they had been waiting
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 wait in the futur tenses
Future
- I will wait
- you will wait
- he|she|it will wait
- we will wait
- you will wait
- they will wait
Future continuous
- I will be waiting
- you will be waiting
- he|she|it will be waiting
- we will be waiting
- you will be waiting
- they will be waiting
Future perfect
- I will have waited
- you will have waited
- he|she|it will have waited
- we will have waited
- you will have waited
- they will have waited
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been waiting
- you will have been waiting
- he|she|it will have been waiting
- we will have been waiting
- you will have been waiting
- they will have been waiting
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.
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