to qualify — English conjugation

Frequency#877Regular

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
Iqualify
youqualify
he/she/itqualifies
wequalify
you (pl.)qualify
theyqualify

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
Iqualified
youqualified
he/she/itqualified
wequalified
you (pl.)qualified
theyqualified

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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