Conjugation of the verb strive in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb strive in English.
Conjugation of the verb strive in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I strive
- you strive
- he|she|it strives
- we strive
- you strive
- they strive
Present Continuous
- I am striving
- you are striving
- he|she|it is striving
- we are striving
- you are striving
- they are striving
Present Perfect
- I have striven
- you have striven
- he|she|it has striven
- we have striven
- you have striven
- they have striven
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been striving
- you have been striving
- he|she|it has been striving
- we have been striving
- you have been striving
- they have been striving
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 strive in the past tenses
Simple past
- I strove
- you strove
- he|she|it strove
- we strove
- you strove
- they strove
Past continuous
- I was striving
- you were striving
- he|she|it was striving
- we were striving
- you were striving
- they were striving
Past perfect
- I had striven
- you had striven
- he|she|it had striven
- we had striven
- you had striven
- they had striven
Past perfect continuous
- I had been striving
- you had been striving
- he|she|it had been striving
- we had been striving
- you had been striving
- they had been striving
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 strive in the futur tenses
Future
- I will strive
- you will strive
- he|she|it will strive
- we will strive
- you will strive
- they will strive
Future continuous
- I will be striving
- you will be striving
- he|she|it will be striving
- we will be striving
- you will be striving
- they will be striving
Future perfect
- I will have striven
- you will have striven
- he|she|it will have striven
- we will have striven
- you will have striven
- they will have striven
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been striving
- you will have been striving
- he|she|it will have been striving
- we will have been striving
- you will have been striving
- they will have been striving
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.
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