to conduct — English conjugation

Frequency#696Regular

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
Iconduct
youconduct
he/she/itconducts
weconduct
you (pl.)conduct
theyconduct

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
Iconducted
youconducted
he/she/itconducted
weconducted
you (pl.)conducted
theyconducted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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