to underfire — English conjugation

Frequency#19616Regular

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
Iunderfire
youunderfire
he/she/itunderfires
weunderfire
you (pl.)underfire
theyunderfire

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
Iunderfired
youunderfired
he/she/itunderfired
weunderfired
you (pl.)underfired
theyunderfired

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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