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Conjugation of watch

watch · watched · watched

Meaning
look at for a time

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Indicative

Simple present

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

Iwatch
youwatch
he/she/itwatches
wewatch
theywatch

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

Iwatched
youwatched
he/she/itwatched
wewatched
theywatched

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youwatch
let'slet's watch
negative youdo not watch
negative let'slet's not watch

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

watch

Perfect infinitive

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

to have watched

Present participle (gerund)

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

watching

Past participle

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

watched

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Simple present

watch