to impersonate — English conjugation

Frequency#2470Regular

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
Iimpersonate
youimpersonate
he/she/itimpersonates
weimpersonate
you (pl.)impersonate
theyimpersonate

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
Iimpersonated
youimpersonated
he/she/itimpersonated
weimpersonated
you (pl.)impersonated
theyimpersonated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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