to motivate — English conjugation

Frequency#629Regular

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
Imotivate
youmotivate
he/she/itmotivates
wemotivate
you (pl.)motivate
theymotivate

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
Imotivated
youmotivated
he/she/itmotivated
wemotivated
you (pl.)motivated
theymotivated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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