to quicken — English conjugation

Frequency#11315Regular

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
Iquicken
youquicken
he/she/itquickens
wequicken
you (pl.)quicken
theyquicken

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
Iquickened
youquickened
he/she/itquickened
wequickened
you (pl.)quickened
theyquickened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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