to calculate — English conjugation

Frequency#719Regular

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
Icalculate
youcalculate
he/she/itcalculates
wecalculate
you (pl.)calculate
theycalculate

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
Icalculated
youcalculated
he/she/itcalculated
wecalculated
you (pl.)calculated
theycalculated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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