to contrary — English conjugation

Frequency#5176Regular

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
Icontrary
youcontrary
he/she/itcontraries
wecontrary
you (pl.)contrary
theycontrary

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
Icontraried
youcontraried
he/she/itcontraried
wecontraried
you (pl.)contraried
theycontraried

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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