to hunt — English conjugation

Frequency#621Regular

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
Ihunt
youhunt
he/she/ithunts
wehunt
you (pl.)hunt
theyhunt

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
Ihunted
youhunted
he/she/ithunted
wehunted
you (pl.)hunted
theyhunted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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