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Conjugation of verb (past tense) entertain

Infinitive

entertain

/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/

Past simple

entertained

/ˌɛntɚˈteɪnd/

Past participle

entertained

/ˌɛntɚˈteɪnd/





Conjugation of the regular verb [entertain]

Conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar). For instance, the verb "break" can be conjugated to form the words break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking.


The term conjugation is applied only to the inflection of verbs, and not of other parts of speech (inflection of nouns and adjectives is known as declension). Also it is often restricted to denoting the formation of finite forms of a verb – these may be referred to as conjugated forms, as opposed to non-finite forms, such as the infinitive or gerund, which tend not to be marked for most of the grammatical categories.


Conjugation is also the traditional name for a group of verbs that share a similar conjugation pattern in a particular language (a verb class). A verb that does not follow all of the standard conjugation patterns of the language is said to be an irregular verb.

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Present

I
entertain 
you
entertain 
he/she/it
entertains 
we
entertain 
you
entertain 
they
entertain 

Present Continuous

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

Past simple

I
entertained 
you
entertained 
he/she/it
entertained 
we
entertained 
you
entertained 
they
entertained 

Past Continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional of the regular verb [entertain]

Causality (also referred to as causation or cause and effect) is influence by which one event, process, state or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause. In general, a process has many causes, which are also said to be causal factors for it, and all lie in its past. An effect can in turn be a cause of, or causal factor for, many other effects, which all lie in its future.


The conditional mood (abbreviated cond) is a grammatical mood used in conditional sentences to express a proposition whose validity is dependent on some condition, possibly counterfactual.


English does not have an inflective (morphological) conditional mood, except in as much as the modal verbs could, might, should and would may in some contexts be regarded as conditional forms of can, may, shall and will respectively. What is called the English conditional mood (or just the conditional) is formed periphrastically using the modal verb would in combination with the bare infinitive of the following verb. (Occasionally should is used in place of would with a first person subject – see shall and will. Also the aforementioned modal verbs could, might and should may replace would in order to express appropriate modality in addition to conditionality.)

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Conditional present

I
would entertain 
you
would entertain 
he/she/it
would entertain 
we
would entertain 
you
would entertain 
they
would entertain 

Conditional present progressive

I
would be entertaining 
you
would be entertaining 
he/she/it
would be entertaining 
we
would be entertaining 
you
would be entertaining 
they
would be entertaining 

Conditional perfect

I
would have entertained 
you
would have entertained 
he/she/it
would have entertained 
we
would have entertained 
you
would have entertained 
they
would have entertained 

Conditional perfect progressive

I
would have been entertaining 
you
would have been entertaining 
he/she/it
would have been entertaining 
we
would have been entertaining 
you
would have been entertaining 
they
would have been entertaining 

Subjunktiv of the regular verb [entertain]

The subjunctive is a grammatical mood, a feature of the utterance that indicates the speaker's attitude toward it. Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as: wish, emotion, possibility, judgement, opinion, obligation, or action that has not yet occurred; the precise situations in which they are used vary from language to language. The subjunctive is one of the irrealis moods, which refer to what is not necessarily real. It is often contrasted with the indicative, a realis mood which is used principally to indicate that something is a statement of fact.


Subjunctives occur most often, although not exclusively, in subordinate clauses, particularly that-clauses. Examples of the subjunctive in English are found in the sentences "I suggest that you be careful" and "It is important that she stay by your side."


The subjunctive mood in English is a clause type used in some contexts which describe non-actual possibilities, e.g. "It's crucial that you be here" and "It's crucial that he arrive early." In English, the subjunctive is syntactic rather than inflectional, since there is no specifically subjunctive verb form. Rather, subjunctive clauses recruit the bare form of the verb which is also used in a variety of other constructions.

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Present subjunctive

I
entertain 
you
entertain 
he/she/it
entertain 
we
entertain 
you
entertain 
they
entertain 

Past subjunctive

I
entertained 
you
entertained 
he/she/it
entertained 
we
entertained 
you
entertained 
they
entertained 

Past perfect subjunctive

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

Imperativ of the regular verb [entertain]

The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request.

An example of a verb used in the imperative mood is the English phrase "Go." Such imperatives imply a second-person subject (you), but some other languages also have first- and third-person imperatives, with the meaning of "let's (do something)" or "let them (do something)" (the forms may alternatively be called cohortative and jussive).

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Imperativ

I
entertain 
you
Let´s entertain 
he/she/it
entertain 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Participle of the regular verb [entertain]

​The past participle is one of the most important parts of English grammar. It’s used to express perfect tenses and to form the passive voice. It’s also a useful tool for writing sentences that describe actions that started in the past and are still happening today. The past participles of irregular verbs don’t follow a specific pattern and can have numerous endings.

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Present participle

I
entertaining 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Past participle

I
entertained 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 













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