to deliberate — English conjugation

Frequency#5798Regular

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
Ideliberate
youdeliberate
he/she/itdeliberates
wedeliberate
you (pl.)deliberate
theydeliberate

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
Ideliberated
youdeliberated
he/she/itdeliberated
wedeliberated
you (pl.)deliberated
theydeliberated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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