Conjugation of the verb make in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb make in English.

Conjugation of the verb make in the present tenses

Present Tense

I make
you make
he|she|it makes
we make
you make
they make

Present Continuous

I am making
you are making
he|she|it is making
we are making
you are making
they are making

Present Perfect

I have made
you have made
he|she|it has made
we have made
you have made
they have made

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been making
you have been making
he|she|it has been making
we have been making
you have been making
they have been making

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb make in the past tenses

Simple past

I made
you made
he|she|it made
we made
you made
they made

Past continuous

I was making
you were making
he|she|it was making
we were making
you were making
they were making

Past perfect

I had made
you had made
he|she|it had made
we had made
you had made
they had made

Past perfect continuous

I had been making
you had been making
he|she|it had been making
we had been making
you had been making
they had been making

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb make in the futur tenses

Future

I will make
you will make
he|she|it will make
we will make
you will make
they will make

Future continuous

I will be making
you will be making
he|she|it will be making
we will be making
you will be making
they will be making

Future perfect

I will have made
you will have made
he|she|it will have made
we will have made
you will have made
they will have made

Future perfect continuous

I will have been making
you will have been making
he|she|it will have been making
we will have been making
you will have been making
they will have been making

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to make

Present participle

making

Past participle

made

Perfect Participle

having made

The imperative in English, for the verb to make

Imperative

make
let's make
make

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