to complicate — English conjugation

Frequency#655Regular

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
Icomplicate
youcomplicate
he/she/itcomplicates
wecomplicate
you (pl.)complicate
theycomplicate

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
Icomplicated
youcomplicated
he/she/itcomplicated
wecomplicated
you (pl.)complicated
theycomplicated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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