to provide — English conjugation

Frequency#11171Regular

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
Iprovide
youprovide
he/she/itprovides
weprovide
you (pl.)provide
theyprovide

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
Iprovided
youprovided
he/she/itprovided
weprovided
you (pl.)provided
theyprovided

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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