to deteriorate — English conjugation

Frequency#1146Regular

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
Ideteriorate
youdeteriorate
he/she/itdeteriorates
wedeteriorate
you (pl.)deteriorate
theydeteriorate

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
Ideteriorated
youdeteriorated
he/she/itdeteriorated
wedeteriorated
you (pl.)deteriorated
theydeteriorated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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