Conjugation of "to prefer" (prefer – preferred – preferred) – All Tenses

Infinitiveprefer

Past simplepreferred

Past participlepreferred

-ing formpreferring

Full conjugation of the English verb to prefer (past simple preferred, past participle preferred): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

I prefer

you prefer

he/she/it prefers

we prefer

you prefer

they prefer

Present continuous

I am preferring

you are preferring

he/she/it is preferring

we are preferring

you are preferring

they are preferring

Present perfect

I have preferred

you have preferred

he/she/it has preferred

we have preferred

you have preferred

they have preferred

Present perfect continuous

I have been preferring

you have been preferring

he/she/it has been preferring

we have been preferring

you have been preferring

they have been preferring

Past simple

I preferred

you preferred

he/she/it preferred

we preferred

you preferred

they preferred

Past continuous

I was preferring

you were preferring

he/she/it was preferring

we were preferring

you were preferring

they were preferring

Past perfect

I had preferred

you had preferred

he/she/it had preferred

we had preferred

you had preferred

they had preferred

Past perfect continuous

I had been preferring

you had been preferring

he/she/it had been preferring

we had been preferring

you had been preferring

they had been preferring

Future simple

I will prefer

you will prefer

he/she/it will prefer

we will prefer

you will prefer

they will prefer

Future continuous

I will be preferring

you will be preferring

he/she/it will be preferring

we will be preferring

you will be preferring

they will be preferring

Future perfect

I will have preferred

you will have preferred

he/she/it will have preferred

we will have preferred

you will have preferred

they will have preferred

Future perfect continuous

I will have been preferring

you will have been preferring

he/she/it will have been preferring

we will have been preferring

you will have been preferring

they will have been preferring

Conditional

Present

I would prefer

you would prefer

he/she/it would prefer

we would prefer

you would prefer

they would prefer

Present continuous

I would be preferring

you would be preferring

he/she/it would be preferring

we would be preferring

you would be preferring

they would be preferring

Perfect

I would have preferred

you would have preferred

he/she/it would have preferred

we would have preferred

you would have preferred

they would have preferred

Perfect continuous

I would have been preferring

you would have been preferring

he/she/it would have been preferring

we would have been preferring

you would have been preferring

they would have been preferring

Subjunctive

Present

that I prefer

that you prefer

that he/she/it prefer

that we prefer

that you prefer

that they prefer

Past

if I preferred

if you preferred

if he/she/it preferred

if we preferred

if you preferred

if they preferred

Imperative

Affirmative

you prefer

we let's prefer

Negative

you don't prefer

we let's not prefer

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to prefer

Perfect infinitive

to have preferred

Present participle / gerund

preferring

Past participle

preferred

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