to ligate — English conjugation

Frequency#9455Regular

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
Iligate
youligate
he/she/itligates
weligate
you (pl.)ligate
theyligate

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
Iligated
youligated
he/she/itligated
weligated
you (pl.)ligated
theyligated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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