to document — English conjugation

Frequency#434Regular

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
Idocument
youdocument
he/she/itdocuments
wedocument
you (pl.)document
theydocument

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
Idocumented
youdocumented
he/she/itdocumented
wedocumented
you (pl.)documented
theydocumented

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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