to intervene — English conjugation

Frequency#835Regular

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
Iintervene
youintervene
he/she/itintervenes
weintervene
you (pl.)intervene
theyintervene

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
Iintervened
youintervened
he/she/itintervened
weintervened
you (pl.)intervened
theyintervened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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