to come home — English conjugation

Frequency#16288Irregular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Irregular

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
Icome home
youcome home
he/she/itcomes home
wecome home
you (pl.)come home
theycome home

Past (Simple Past) Irregular

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
Icame home
youcame home
he/she/itcame home
wecame home
you (pl.)came home
theycame home

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Irregular

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

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Irregular

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

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Irregular

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

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Irregular

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

Future (will) (Future Simple) Irregular

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

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Irregular

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

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Irregular

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

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Irregular

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