VERB LAB

ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

protectconjugation

keep someone or something safe from harm

EXAMPLE

This case protects the phone from damage.

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Indicative

Present Simple

protect — Indicative — Present Simple
PersonFormAudio
Iprotect
youprotect
heprotects
sheprotects
itprotects
weprotect
theyprotect

Present Continuous

protect — Indicative — Present Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Iam protecting
youare protecting
heis protecting
sheis protecting
itis protecting
weare protecting
theyare protecting

Past Simple

protect — Indicative — Past Simple
PersonFormAudio
Iprotected
youprotected
heprotected
sheprotected
itprotected
weprotected
theyprotected

Past Continuous

protect — Indicative — Past Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Iwas protecting
youwere protecting
hewas protecting
shewas protecting
itwas protecting
wewere protecting
theywere protecting

Present Perfect

protect — Indicative — Present Perfect
PersonFormAudio
Ihave protected
youhave protected
hehas protected
shehas protected
ithas protected
wehave protected
theyhave protected

Present Perfect Continuous

protect — Indicative — Present Perfect Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Ihave been protecting
youhave been protecting
hehas been protecting
shehas been protecting
ithas been protecting
wehave been protecting
theyhave been protecting

Past Perfect

protect — Indicative — Past Perfect
PersonFormAudio
Ihad protected
youhad protected
hehad protected
shehad protected
ithad protected
wehad protected
theyhad protected

Past Perfect Continuous

protect — Indicative — Past Perfect Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Ihad been protecting
youhad been protecting
hehad been protecting
shehad been protecting
ithad been protecting
wehad been protecting
theyhad been protecting

Future Simple

protect — Indicative — Future Simple
PersonFormAudio
Iwill protect
youwill protect
hewill protect
shewill protect
itwill protect
wewill protect
theywill protect

Future Continuous

protect — Indicative — Future Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Iwill be protecting
youwill be protecting
hewill be protecting
shewill be protecting
itwill be protecting
wewill be protecting
theywill be protecting

Future Perfect

protect — Indicative — Future Perfect
PersonFormAudio
Iwill have protected
youwill have protected
hewill have protected
shewill have protected
itwill have protected
wewill have protected
theywill have protected

Future Perfect Continuous

protect — Indicative — Future Perfect Continuous
PersonFormAudio
Iwill have been protecting
youwill have been protecting
hewill have been protecting
shewill have been protecting
itwill have been protecting
wewill have been protecting
theywill have been protecting

Conditional

Present

protect — Conditional — Present
PersonFormAudio
Iwould protect
youwould protect
hewould protect
shewould protect
itwould protect
wewould protect
theywould protect

Perfect

protect — Conditional — Perfect
PersonFormAudio
Iwould have protected
youwould have protected
hewould have protected
shewould have protected
itwould have protected
wewould have protected
theywould have protected

Imperative

Present

protect — Imperative — Present
PersonFormAudio
—protect

Infinitive

Present

protect — Infinitive — Present
PersonFormAudio
—to protect

Participle

Present

protect — Participle — Present
PersonFormAudio
—protecting

Past

protect — Participle — Past
PersonFormAudio
—protected

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