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Conjugation of verb (past tense) investigate

Infinitive

investigate

[ɪn.ˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪ̯t]

Past simple

investigated

Past participle

investigated






Conjugation of the regular verb [investigate]

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
investigate 
you
investigate 
he/she/it
investigates 
we
investigate 
you
investigate 
they
investigate 

Present Continuous

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

Past simple

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

Past Continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional of the regular verb [investigate]

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 investigate 
you
would investigate 
he/she/it
would investigate 
we
would investigate 
you
would investigate 
they
would investigate 

Conditional present progressive

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

Conditional perfect

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

Conditional perfect progressive

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

Subjunktiv of the regular verb [investigate]

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
investigate 
you
investigate 
he/she/it
investigate 
we
investigate 
you
investigate 
they
investigate 

Past subjunctive

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

Past perfect subjunctive

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

Imperativ of the regular verb [investigate]

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
investigate 
you
Let´s investigate 
he/she/it
investigate 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Participle of the regular verb [investigate]

​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
investigating 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Past participle

I
investigated 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 













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