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