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English conjugation of the verb "to wait" in Present Simple Tense

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to wait

Imperative
wait
let's wait
wait

Present Participle
waiting

Past Participle
waited

Indicative:

Present

I wait
you wait
he/she/it waits
we wait
you wait
they wait

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am waiting
you are waiting
he/she/it is waiting
we are waiting
you are waiting
they are waiting

Present perfect

I have waited
you have waited
he/she/it has waited
we have waited
you have waited
they have waited

Future

I will wait
you will wait
he/she/it will wait
we will wait
you will wait
they will wait

Future Perfect

I will have waited
you will have waited
he/she/it will have waited
we will have waited
you will have waited
they will have waited

Past continuous

I was waiting
you were waiting
he/she/it was waiting
we were waiting
you were waiting
they were waiting

Past perfect

I had waited
you had waited
he/she/it had waited
we had waited
you had waited
they had waited

Future continuous

I will be waiting
you will be waiting
he/she/it will be waiting
we will be waiting
you will be waiting
they will be waiting

Present perfect continuous

I have been waiting
you have been waiting
he/she/it has been waiting
we have been waiting
you have been waiting
they have been waiting

Past perfect continuous

I had been waiting
you had been waiting
he/she/it had been waiting
we had been waiting
you had been waiting
they had been waiting

Future perfect continuous

I will have been waiting
you will have been waiting
he/she/it will have been waiting
we will have been waiting
you will have been waiting
they will have been waiting

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to wait

Imperative
do not wait
let's not wait
do not wait

Present Participle
not waiting

Past Participle
not waited

Present

I do not wait
you do not wait
he/she/it does not wait
we do not wait
you do not wait
they do not wait

Past

I did not wait
you did not wait
he/she/it did not wait
we did not wait
you did not wait
they did not wait

Present continuous

I am not waiting
you are not waiting
he/she/it is not waiting
we are not waiting
you are not waiting
they are not waiting

Present perfect

I have not waited
you have not waited
he/she/it has not waited
we have not waited
you have not waited
they have not waited

Future

I will not wait
you will not wait
he/she/it will not wait
we will not wait
you will not wait
they will not wait

Future Perfect

I will not have waited
you will not have waited
he/she/it will not have waited
we will not have waited
you will not have waited
they will not have waited

Past continuous

I was not waiting
you were not waiting
he/she/it was not waiting
we were not waiting
you were not waiting
they were not waiting

Past perfect

I had not waited
you had not waited
he/she/it had not waited
we had not waited
you had not waited
they had not waited

Future continuous

I will not be waiting
you will not be waiting
he/she/it will not be waiting
we will not be waiting
you will not be waiting
they will not be waiting

Present perfect continuous

I have not been waiting
you have not been waiting
he/she/it has not been waiting
we have not been waiting
you have not been waiting
they have not been waiting

Past perfect continuous

I had not been waiting
you had not been waiting
he/she/it had not been waiting
we had not been waiting
you had not been waiting
they had not been waiting

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been waiting
you will not have been waiting
he/she/it will not have been waiting
we will not have been waiting
you will not have been waiting
they will not have been waiting

Indicative:

Present

do I wait ?
do you wait ?
does he/she/it wait ?
do we wait ?
do you wait ?
do they wait ?

Past

did I wait ?
did you wait ?
did he/she/it wait ?
did we wait ?
did you wait ?
did they wait ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I waiting ?
are you waiting ?
is he/she/it waiting ?
are we waiting ?
are you waiting ?
are they waiting ?

Present perfect

have I waited ?
have you waited ?
has he/she/it waited ?
have we waited ?
have you waited ?
have they waited ?

Future

will I wait ?
will you wait ?
will he/she/it wait ?
will we wait ?
will you wait ?
will they wait ?

Future Perfect

will I have waited ?
will you have waited ?
will he/she/it have waited ?
will we have waited ?
will you have waited ?
will they have waited ?

Past continuous

was I waiting ?
were you waiting ?
was he/she/it waiting ?
were we waiting ?
were you waiting ?
were they waiting ?

Past perfect

had I waited ?
had you waited ?
had he/she/it waited ?
had we waited ?
had you waited ?
had they waited ?

Future continuous

will I be waiting ?
will you be waiting ?
will he/she/it be waiting ?
will we be waiting ?
will you be waiting ?
will they be waiting ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been waiting ?
have you been waiting ?
has he/she/it been waiting ?
have we been waiting ?
have you been waiting ?
have they been waiting ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been waiting ?
had you been waiting ?
had he/she/it been waiting ?
had we been waiting ?
had you been waiting ?
had they been waiting ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been waiting ?
will you have been waiting ?
will he/she/it have been waiting ?
will we have been waiting ?
will you have been waiting ?
will they have been waiting ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: wait on

Definitions:

- Look forward to the probable occurrence of
- Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- Wait before acting

Examples:

- He is waiting to be drafted
- I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's
- I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets
- The scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment