to imagine — English conjugation

Frequency#144Regular

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
Iimagine
youimagine
he/she/itimagines
weimagine
you (pl.)imagine
theyimagine

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
Iimagined
youimagined
he/she/itimagined
weimagined
you (pl.)imagined
theyimagined

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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