to justify — English conjugation

Frequency#783Regular

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
Ijustify
youjustify
he/she/itjustifies
wejustify
you (pl.)justify
theyjustify

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
Ijustified
youjustified
he/she/itjustified
wejustified
you (pl.)justified
theyjustified

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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