to contaminate — English conjugation

Frequency#780Regular

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
Icontaminate
youcontaminate
he/she/itcontaminates
wecontaminate
you (pl.)contaminate
theycontaminate

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
Icontaminated
youcontaminated
he/she/itcontaminated
wecontaminated
you (pl.)contaminated
theycontaminated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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