to hasten — English conjugation

Frequency#1663Regular

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
Ihasten
youhasten
he/she/ithastens
wehasten
you (pl.)hasten
theyhasten

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
Ihastened
youhastened
he/she/ithastened
wehastened
you (pl.)hastened
theyhastened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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