to acknowledge — English conjugation

Frequency#774Regular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Regular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Iacknowledge
youacknowledge
he/she/itacknowledges
weacknowledge
you (pl.)acknowledge
theyacknowledge

Past (Simple Past) Regular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Iacknowledged
youacknowledged
he/she/itacknowledged
weacknowledged
you (pl.)acknowledged
theyacknowledged

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Regular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam acknowledging
youare acknowledging
he/she/itis acknowledging
weare acknowledging
you (pl.)are acknowledging
theyare acknowledging

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Regular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas acknowledging
youwere acknowledging
he/she/itwas acknowledging
wewere acknowledging
you (pl.)were acknowledging
theywere acknowledging

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Regular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave acknowledged
youhave acknowledged
he/she/ithas acknowledged
wehave acknowledged
you (pl.)have acknowledged
theyhave acknowledged

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Regular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad acknowledged
youhad acknowledged
he/she/ithad acknowledged
wehad acknowledged
you (pl.)had acknowledged
theyhad acknowledged

Future (will) (Future Simple) Regular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill acknowledge
youwill acknowledge
he/she/itwill acknowledge
wewill acknowledge
you (pl.)will acknowledge
theywill acknowledge

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Regular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be acknowledging
youwill be acknowledging
he/she/itwill be acknowledging
wewill be acknowledging
you (pl.)will be acknowledging
theywill be acknowledging

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Regular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have acknowledged
youwill have acknowledged
he/she/itwill have acknowledged
wewill have acknowledged
you (pl.)will have acknowledged
theywill have acknowledged

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Regular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould acknowledge
youwould acknowledge
he/she/itwould acknowledge
wewould acknowledge
you (pl.)would acknowledge
theywould acknowledge