to reserve — English conjugation

Frequency#528Regular

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
Ireserve
youreserve
he/she/itreserves
wereserve
you (pl.)reserve
theyreserve

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
Ireserved
youreserved
he/she/itreserved
wereserved
you (pl.)reserved
theyreserved

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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