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Conjugation of act

act · acted · acted

Meaning: do something or perform

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Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

I	act
you	act
he/she/it	acts
we	act
they	act

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

I	am acting
you	are acting
he/she/it	is acting
we	are acting
they	are acting

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

I	acted
you	acted
he/she/it	acted
we	acted
they	acted

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

I	was acting
you	were acting
he/she/it	was acting
we	were acting
they	were acting

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

I	have acted
you	have acted
he/she/it	has acted
we	have acted
they	have acted

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

I	have been acting
you	have been acting
he/she/it	has been acting
we	have been acting
they	have been acting

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

I	had acted
you	had acted
he/she/it	had acted
we	had acted
they	had acted

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

I	had been acting
you	had been acting
he/she/it	had been acting
we	had been acting
they	had been acting

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

I	will act
you	will act
he/she/it	will act
we	will act
they	will act

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

I	will be acting
you	will be acting
he/she/it	will be acting
we	will be acting
they	will be acting

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

I	will have acted
you	will have acted
he/she/it	will have acted
we	will have acted
they	will have acted

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

I	will have been acting
you	will have been acting
he/she/it	will have been acting
we	will have been acting
they	will have been acting

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

I	would act
you	would act
he/she/it	would act
we	would act
they	would act

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

I	would be acting
you	would be acting
he/she/it	would be acting
we	would be acting
they	would be acting

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

I	would have acted
you	would have acted
he/she/it	would have acted
we	would have acted
they	would have acted

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

I	would have been acting
you	would have been acting
he/she/it	would have been acting
we	would have been acting
they	would have been acting

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

you	act
let's	let's act
negative you	do not act
negative let's	let's not act

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

	act

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

	to have acted

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

	acting

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

	acted

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