to lengthen — English conjugation

Frequency#1077Regular

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
Ilengthen
youlengthen
he/she/itlengthens
welengthen
you (pl.)lengthen
theylengthen

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
Ilengthened
youlengthened
he/she/itlengthened
welengthened
you (pl.)lengthened
theylengthened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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