to eliminate — English conjugation

Frequency#672Regular

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
Ieliminate
youeliminate
he/she/iteliminates
weeliminate
you (pl.)eliminate
theyeliminate

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
Ieliminated
youeliminated
he/she/iteliminated
weeliminated
you (pl.)eliminated
theyeliminated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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