to hurry — English conjugation

Frequency#359Regular

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
Ihurry
youhurry
he/she/ithurries
wehurry
you (pl.)hurry
theyhurry

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
Ihurried
youhurried
he/she/ithurried
wehurried
you (pl.)hurried
theyhurried

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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