Conjugation of the verb want in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb want in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I want
  • you want
  • he|she|it wants
  • we want
  • you want
  • they want

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 want in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 want in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 want

Present participle

  • wanting

Past participle

  • wanted

Perfect Participle

  • having wanted

The imperative in English, for the verb to want

Imperative

  • want
  • let's want
  • want

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