to tertiate — English conjugation

Frequency#19442Regular

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
Itertiate
youtertiate
he/she/ittertiates
wetertiate
you (pl.)tertiate
theytertiate

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
Itertiated
youtertiated
he/she/ittertiated
wetertiated
you (pl.)tertiated
theytertiated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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