to concern — English conjugation

Frequency#548Regular

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
Iconcern
youconcern
he/she/itconcerns
weconcern
you (pl.)concern
theyconcern

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
Iconcerned
youconcerned
he/she/itconcerned
weconcerned
you (pl.)concerned
theyconcerned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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