to optimise — English conjugation

Frequency#10323Regular

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
Ioptimise
youoptimise
he/she/itoptimises
weoptimise
you (pl.)optimise
theyoptimise

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
Ioptimised
youoptimised
he/she/itoptimised
weoptimised
you (pl.)optimised
theyoptimised

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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