Conjugation of protect
protect · protected · protected
- Meaning
- keep safe
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Indicative
Simple present
Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.
| I | protect |
|---|---|
| you | protect |
| he/she/it | protects |
| we | protect |
| they | protect |
Present continuous
Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.
| I | am protecting |
|---|---|
| you | are protecting |
| he/she/it | is protecting |
| we | are protecting |
| they | are protecting |
Simple past
Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.
| I | protected |
|---|---|
| you | protected |
| he/she/it | protected |
| we | protected |
| they | protected |
Past continuous
Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.
| I | was protecting |
|---|---|
| you | were protecting |
| he/she/it | was protecting |
| we | were protecting |
| they | were protecting |
Present perfect
Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.
| I | have protected |
|---|---|
| you | have protected |
| he/she/it | has protected |
| we | have protected |
| they | have protected |
Present perfect continuous
Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.
| I | have been protecting |
|---|---|
| you | have been protecting |
| he/she/it | has been protecting |
| we | have been protecting |
| they | have been protecting |
Past perfect
Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.
| I | had protected |
|---|---|
| you | had protected |
| he/she/it | had protected |
| we | had protected |
| they | had protected |
Past perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.
| I | had been protecting |
|---|---|
| you | had been protecting |
| he/she/it | had been protecting |
| we | had been protecting |
| they | had been protecting |
Simple future
Use it for future action with will: she will write.
| I | will protect |
|---|---|
| you | will protect |
| he/she/it | will protect |
| we | will protect |
| they | will protect |
Future continuous
Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.
| I | will be protecting |
|---|---|
| you | will be protecting |
| he/she/it | will be protecting |
| we | will be protecting |
| they | will be protecting |
Future perfect
Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.
| I | will have protected |
|---|---|
| you | will have protected |
| he/she/it | will have protected |
| we | will have protected |
| they | will have protected |
Future perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.
| I | will have been protecting |
|---|---|
| you | will have been protecting |
| he/she/it | will have been protecting |
| we | will have been protecting |
| they | will have been protecting |
Conditional
Present conditional
Use it for imagined results: she would write.
| I | would protect |
|---|---|
| you | would protect |
| he/she/it | would protect |
| we | would protect |
| they | would protect |
Present continuous conditional
Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.
| I | would be protecting |
|---|---|
| you | would be protecting |
| he/she/it | would be protecting |
| we | would be protecting |
| they | would be protecting |
Perfect conditional
Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.
| I | would have protected |
|---|---|
| you | would have protected |
| he/she/it | would have protected |
| we | would have protected |
| they | would have protected |
Perfect continuous conditional
Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.
| I | would have been protecting |
|---|---|
| you | would have been protecting |
| he/she/it | would have been protecting |
| we | would have been protecting |
| they | would have been protecting |
Imperative
Imperative (you / let's)
Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.
| you | protect |
|---|---|
| let's | let's protect |
| negative you | do not protect |
| negative let's | let's not protect |
Non-finite
Infinitive / to-infinitive
Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.
| protect |
Perfect infinitive
Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.
| to have protected |
Present participle (gerund)
Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.
| protecting |
Past participle
Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.
| protected |
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Indicative · Simple future
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