to attract — English conjugation

Frequency#512Regular

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
Iattract
youattract
he/she/itattracts
weattract
you (pl.)attract
theyattract

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
Iattracted
youattracted
he/she/itattracted
weattracted
you (pl.)attracted
theyattracted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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