to displace — English conjugation

Frequency#1224Regular

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
Idisplace
youdisplace
he/she/itdisplaces
wedisplace
you (pl.)displace
theydisplace

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
Idisplaced
youdisplaced
he/she/itdisplaced
wedisplaced
you (pl.)displaced
theydisplaced

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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