to displease — English conjugation

Frequency#1859Regular

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
Idisplease
youdisplease
he/she/itdispleases
wedisplease
you (pl.)displease
theydisplease

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
Idispleased
youdispleased
he/she/itdispleased
wedispleased
you (pl.)displeased
theydispleased

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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