to formulate — English conjugation

Frequency#1321Regular

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
Iformulate
youformulate
he/she/itformulates
weformulate
you (pl.)formulate
theyformulate

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
Iformulated
youformulated
he/she/itformulated
weformulated
you (pl.)formulated
theyformulated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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