to crunch — English conjugation

Frequency#2279Regular

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
Icrunch
youcrunch
he/she/itcrunches
wecrunch
you (pl.)crunch
theycrunch

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
Icrunched
youcrunched
he/she/itcrunched
wecrunched
you (pl.)crunched
theycrunched

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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