Meaning of the play word
- To enjoy any favourite work.
- Having fun doing activities.
Conjugation of verb play:-
| V1: Base Form:- (Infinitive) | To play |
| V2: Past Simple | Played |
| V3: Past Participle | played |
| V4: 3rd Person (Singular) | plays |
| V5: Present Participle (Gerund) | playing |
V1 of play verb (base form/infinitive of play verb)
- First form of play verb is play. It means, play is the base or first form of verb play.
- Example:- Let’s play chess.
V2 of play verb (past simple of play verb)
- Second form of play verb is played . It means, played is the second form of verb play.
- Example:- I play chess.
V3 of play verb (past participle of play verb)
- Third form of play verb is played. It means, played is the third form of verb play.
- Example:- I have played chess.
V4 of play verb (3rd Person of play verb)
- Fourth form of play verb is plays. It means, plays is the fourth form of verb plays.
- Example:- He plays chess.
V5 of play verb (Present participle/Gerund)
- Fifth form of play verb is playing. It means, playing is the fifth form of verb play.
- Example:- I am playing chess.
Conjugation of verb play
In conjuagtion we talk about the following tense forms…..
- Simple/indefinite Tense:- All types of tenses i.e Present, Past, & Future
- Continuous Tense:- All types of tenses i.e Present, Past, & Future
- Perfect Tense:- All types of tenses i.e Present, Past, & Future
- Perfect Confinuous Tense:- All types of tenses i.e Present, Past, & Future; here too.
Now let’s see examples of all the conjugations and their formats. So let’s start with Simple tense conjugations of present, past and future.
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Simple Tense Conjugation of verb play (Present, Past & Future)
Simple Tense Conjugation of verb play is classified in all three types of tenses i.e Present, Past & Future.
Simple Present Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It plays chess. (for singular)
- You/We/They plays chess. (for plural)
- I plays chess.
Simple Past Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It played chess. (for singular)
- You/We/They played chess. (for plural)
- I played chess.
Simple Future Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It will play chess. (for singular)
- You/We/They/ will/shall play chess. (for plural)
- I will play chess.
Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play (Present, Past & Future)
Again, Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play is classified in all three types of tenses i.e Present, Past & Future.
Present Continuous Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It is playing chess.
- You/We/They are playing chess.
- I am playing chess.
Past Continuous Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It was playing chess.
- You/We/They were playing chess.
- I was playing chess.
Future Continuous Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It will be playing chess.
- You/We/They will/shall be playing chess.
- I will be playing chess.
Perfect Tense Conjugation of verb play (Present, Past & Future)
Again, Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play is classified in all three types of tenses i.e Present, Past & Future.
Present Perfect Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It has played chess.
- You/We/They have played chess.
- I have played chess.
Past Perfect Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It had played chess.
- You/We/They had played chess.
- I had played chess.
Past Future Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It will have played chess.
- You/We/They will have played chess.
- I will have played chess.
Perfect Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play (Present, Past & Future)
Again, Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play is classified in all three types of tenses i.e Present, Past & Future.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It has been playing chess.
- You/We/They have been playing chess.
- I have been playing chess.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It had been playing chess.
- You/We/They had been playing chess.
- I had been playing chess.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Conjugation of verb play
- He/She/It will have been playing chess.
- You/We/They will have been playing chess.
- I will have been playing chess.
Conclusion
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