to conceive — English conjugation

Frequency#948Regular

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
Iconceive
youconceive
he/she/itconceives
weconceive
you (pl.)conceive
theyconceive

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
Iconceived
youconceived
he/she/itconceived
weconceived
you (pl.)conceived
theyconceived

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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