to appreciate — English conjugation

Frequency#555Regular

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
Iappreciate
youappreciate
he/she/itappreciates
weappreciate
you (pl.)appreciate
theyappreciate

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
Iappreciated
youappreciated
he/she/itappreciated
weappreciated
you (pl.)appreciated
theyappreciated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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