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ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

expectconjugation

believe that something will probably happen

EXAMPLE

We expect the train to arrive soon.

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Indicative

Present Simple

expect — Indicative — Present Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	expect
you	expect
he	expects
she	expects
it	expects
we	expect
they	expect

Present Continuous

expect — Indicative — Present Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	am expecting
you	are expecting
he	is expecting
she	is expecting
it	is expecting
we	are expecting
they	are expecting

Past Simple

expect — Indicative — Past Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	expected
you	expected
he	expected
she	expected
it	expected
we	expected
they	expected

Past Continuous

expect — Indicative — Past Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	was expecting
you	were expecting
he	was expecting
she	was expecting
it	was expecting
we	were expecting
they	were expecting

Present Perfect

expect — Indicative — Present Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	have expected
you	have expected
he	has expected
she	has expected
it	has expected
we	have expected
they	have expected

Present Perfect Continuous

expect — Indicative — Present Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	have been expecting
you	have been expecting
he	has been expecting
she	has been expecting
it	has been expecting
we	have been expecting
they	have been expecting

Past Perfect

expect — Indicative — Past Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	had expected
you	had expected
he	had expected
she	had expected
it	had expected
we	had expected
they	had expected

Past Perfect Continuous

expect — Indicative — Past Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	had been expecting
you	had been expecting
he	had been expecting
she	had been expecting
it	had been expecting
we	had been expecting
they	had been expecting

Future Simple

expect — Indicative — Future Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	will expect
you	will expect
he	will expect
she	will expect
it	will expect
we	will expect
they	will expect

Future Continuous

expect — Indicative — Future Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will be expecting
you	will be expecting
he	will be expecting
she	will be expecting
it	will be expecting
we	will be expecting
they	will be expecting

Future Perfect

expect — Indicative — Future Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have expected
you	will have expected
he	will have expected
she	will have expected
it	will have expected
we	will have expected
they	will have expected

Future Perfect Continuous

expect — Indicative — Future Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have been expecting
you	will have been expecting
he	will have been expecting
she	will have been expecting
it	will have been expecting
we	will have been expecting
they	will have been expecting

Conditional

Present

expect — Conditional — Present
Person	Form	Audio
I	would expect
you	would expect
he	would expect
she	would expect
it	would expect
we	would expect
they	would expect

Perfect

expect — Conditional — Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	would have expected
you	would have expected
he	would have expected
she	would have expected
it	would have expected
we	would have expected
they	would have expected

Imperative

Present

expect — Imperative — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	expect

Infinitive

Present

expect — Infinitive — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	to expect

Participle

Present

expect — Participle — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	expecting

Past

expect — Participle — Past
Person	Form	Audio
—	expected

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