to hive — English conjugation

Frequency#8446Regular

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
Ihive
youhive
he/she/ithives
wehive
you (pl.)hive
theyhive

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
Ihived
youhived
he/she/ithived
wehived
you (pl.)hived
theyhived

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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