to admire — English conjugation

Frequency#969Regular

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
Iadmire
youadmire
he/she/itadmires
weadmire
you (pl.)admire
theyadmire

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
Iadmired
youadmired
he/she/itadmired
weadmired
you (pl.)admired
theyadmired

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 admiring
youare admiring
he/she/itis admiring
weare admiring
you (pl.)are admiring
theyare admiring

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 admiring
youwere admiring
he/she/itwas admiring
wewere admiring
you (pl.)were admiring
theywere admiring

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 admired
youhave admired
he/she/ithas admired
wehave admired
you (pl.)have admired
theyhave admired

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 admired
youhad admired
he/she/ithad admired
wehad admired
you (pl.)had admired
theyhad admired

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 admire
youwill admire
he/she/itwill admire
wewill admire
you (pl.)will admire
theywill admire

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 admiring
youwill be admiring
he/she/itwill be admiring
wewill be admiring
you (pl.)will be admiring
theywill be admiring

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 admired
youwill have admired
he/she/itwill have admired
wewill have admired
you (pl.)will have admired
theywill have admired

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 admire
youwould admire
he/she/itwould admire
wewould admire
you (pl.)would admire
theywould admire