to terminate — English conjugation

Frequency#1542Regular

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
Iterminate
youterminate
he/she/itterminates
weterminate
you (pl.)terminate
theyterminate

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
Iterminated
youterminated
he/she/itterminated
weterminated
you (pl.)terminated
theyterminated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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