to align — English conjugation

Frequency#744Regular

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
Ialign
youalign
he/she/italigns
wealign
you (pl.)align
theyalign

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
Ialigned
youaligned
he/she/italigned
wealigned
you (pl.)aligned
theyaligned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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