to struggle — English conjugation

Frequency#583Regular

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
Istruggle
youstruggle
he/she/itstruggles
westruggle
you (pl.)struggle
theystruggle

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
Istruggled
youstruggled
he/she/itstruggled
westruggled
you (pl.)struggled
theystruggled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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