To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
Infinitivepretend
Past simplepretended
Past participlepretended
-ing formpretending
Full conjugation of the English verb to pretend (past simple pretended,
past participle pretended):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
pretend
you
pretend
he/she/it
pretends
we
pretend
you
pretend
they
pretend
Present continuous
I
am pretending
you
are pretending
he/she/it
is pretending
we
are pretending
you
are pretending
they
are pretending
Present perfect
I
have pretended
you
have pretended
he/she/it
has pretended
we
have pretended
you
have pretended
they
have pretended
Present perfect continuous
I
have been pretending
you
have been pretending
he/she/it
has been pretending
we
have been pretending
you
have been pretending
they
have been pretending
Past simple
I
pretended
you
pretended
he/she/it
pretended
we
pretended
you
pretended
they
pretended
Past continuous
I
was pretending
you
were pretending
he/she/it
was pretending
we
were pretending
you
were pretending
they
were pretending
Past perfect
I
had pretended
you
had pretended
he/she/it
had pretended
we
had pretended
you
had pretended
they
had pretended
Past perfect continuous
I
had been pretending
you
had been pretending
he/she/it
had been pretending
we
had been pretending
you
had been pretending
they
had been pretending
Future simple
I
will pretend
you
will pretend
he/she/it
will pretend
we
will pretend
you
will pretend
they
will pretend
Future continuous
I
will be pretending
you
will be pretending
he/she/it
will be pretending
we
will be pretending
you
will be pretending
they
will be pretending
Future perfect
I
will have pretended
you
will have pretended
he/she/it
will have pretended
we
will have pretended
you
will have pretended
they
will have pretended
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been pretending
you
will have been pretending
he/she/it
will have been pretending
we
will have been pretending
you
will have been pretending
they
will have been pretending
Conditional
Present
I
would pretend
you
would pretend
he/she/it
would pretend
we
would pretend
you
would pretend
they
would pretend
Present continuous
I
would be pretending
you
would be pretending
he/she/it
would be pretending
we
would be pretending
you
would be pretending
they
would be pretending
Perfect
I
would have pretended
you
would have pretended
he/she/it
would have pretended
we
would have pretended
you
would have pretended
they
would have pretended
Perfect continuous
I
would have been pretending
you
would have been pretending
he/she/it
would have been pretending
we
would have been pretending
you
would have been pretending
they
would have been pretending
Subjunctive
Present
that I
pretend
that you
pretend
that he/she/it
pretend
that we
pretend
that you
pretend
that they
pretend
Past
if I
pretended
if you
pretended
if he/she/it
pretended
if we
pretended
if you
pretended
if they
pretended
Imperative
Affirmative
you
pretend
we
let's pretend
Negative
you
don't pretend
we
let's not pretend
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to pretend
Perfect infinitive
to have pretended
Present participle / gerund
pretending
Past participle
pretended
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