to confuse — English conjugation

Frequency#244Regular

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
Iconfuse
youconfuse
he/she/itconfuses
weconfuse
you (pl.)confuse
theyconfuse

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
Iconfused
youconfused
he/she/itconfused
weconfused
you (pl.)confused
theyconfused

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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