to graduate — English conjugation

Frequency#605Regular

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
Igraduate
yougraduate
he/she/itgraduates
wegraduate
you (pl.)graduate
theygraduate

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
Igraduated
yougraduated
he/she/itgraduated
wegraduated
you (pl.)graduated
theygraduated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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