to emulate — English conjugation

Frequency#2301Regular

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
Iemulate
youemulate
he/she/itemulates
weemulate
you (pl.)emulate
theyemulate

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
Iemulated
youemulated
he/she/itemulated
weemulated
you (pl.)emulated
theyemulated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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