to assimilate — English conjugation

Frequency#1076Regular

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
Iassimilate
youassimilate
he/she/itassimilates
weassimilate
you (pl.)assimilate
theyassimilate

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
Iassimilated
youassimilated
he/she/itassimilated
weassimilated
you (pl.)assimilated
theyassimilated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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