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Conjugation of change

change · changed · changed

Meaning
make or become different

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Indicative

Simple present

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

Ichange
youchange
he/she/itchanges
wechange
theychange

Present continuous

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

Iam changing
youare changing
he/she/itis changing
weare changing
theyare changing

Simple past

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

Ichanged
youchanged
he/she/itchanged
wechanged
theychanged

Past continuous

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

Iwas changing
youwere changing
he/she/itwas changing
wewere changing
theywere changing

Present perfect

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

Ihave changed
youhave changed
he/she/ithas changed
wehave changed
theyhave changed

Present perfect continuous

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

Ihave been changing
youhave been changing
he/she/ithas been changing
wehave been changing
theyhave been changing

Past perfect

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

Ihad changed
youhad changed
he/she/ithad changed
wehad changed
theyhad changed

Past perfect continuous

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

Ihad been changing
youhad been changing
he/she/ithad been changing
wehad been changing
theyhad been changing

Simple future

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

Iwill change
youwill change
he/she/itwill change
wewill change
theywill change

Future continuous

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

Iwill be changing
youwill be changing
he/she/itwill be changing
wewill be changing
theywill be changing

Future perfect

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

Iwill have changed
youwill have changed
he/she/itwill have changed
wewill have changed
theywill have changed

Future perfect continuous

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

Iwill have been changing
youwill have been changing
he/she/itwill have been changing
wewill have been changing
theywill have been changing

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

Iwould change
youwould change
he/she/itwould change
wewould change
theywould change

Present continuous conditional

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

Iwould be changing
youwould be changing
he/she/itwould be changing
wewould be changing
theywould be changing

Perfect conditional

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

Iwould have changed
youwould have changed
he/she/itwould have changed
wewould have changed
theywould have changed

Perfect continuous conditional

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

Iwould have been changing
youwould have been changing
he/she/itwould have been changing
wewould have been changing
theywould have been changing

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youchange
let'slet's change
negative youdo not change
negative let'slet's not change

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

change

Perfect infinitive

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

to have changed

Present participle (gerund)

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

changing

Past participle

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

changed

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