to celebrate — English conjugation

Frequency#303Regular

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
Icelebrate
youcelebrate
he/she/itcelebrates
wecelebrate
you (pl.)celebrate
theycelebrate

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
Icelebrated
youcelebrated
he/she/itcelebrated
wecelebrated
you (pl.)celebrated
theycelebrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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