contest: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for contest['kɔntest]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
contest
contests
Possessive case
contest's
contests'
Plural
contests
contests'

Conjugation of the verb contest[kənˈtest], regular     

contest not contestcontest?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I contest
you contest
he/she/it contests
we contest
you contest
they contest

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't contest
you don't contest
he/she/it doesn't contest
we don't contest
you don't contest
they don't contest

Present Continuous

I am not contesting
you aren't contesting
he/she/it isn't contesting
we aren't contesting
you aren't contesting
they aren't contesting

Present Perfect

I haven't contested
you haven't contested
he/she/it hasn't contested
we haven't contested
you haven't contested
they haven't contested

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been contesting
you haven't been contesting
he/she/it hasn't been contesting
we haven't been contesting
you haven't been contesting
they haven't been contesting

Past Indefinite

I didn't contest
you didn't contest
he/she/it didn't contest
we didn't contest
you didn't contest
they didn't contest

Past Continuous

I wasn't contesting
you weren't contesting
he/she/it wasn't contesting
we weren't contesting
you weren't contesting
they weren't contesting

Past Perfect

I hadn't contested
you hadn't contested
he/she/it hadn't contested
we hadn't contested
you hadn't contested
they hadn't contested

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been contesting
you hadn't been contesting
he/she/it hadn't been contesting
we hadn't been contesting
you hadn't been contesting
they hadn't been contesting

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't contest
you won't contest
he/she/it won't contest
we shan't / won't contest
you won't contest
they won't contest

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be contesting
you won't be contesting
he/she/it won't be contesting
we shan't / won't be contesting
you won't be contesting
they won't be contesting

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have contested
you won't have contested
he/she/it won't have contested
we shan't / won't have contested
you won't have contested
they won't have contested

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been contesting
you won't have been contesting
he/she/it won't have been contesting
we shan't / won't have been contesting
you won't have been contesting
they won't have been contesting

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't contest
you wouldn't contest
he/she/it wouldn't contest
we wouldn't contest
you wouldn't contest
they wouldn't contest

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be contesting
you wouldn't be contesting
he/she/it wouldn't be contesting
we wouldn't be contesting
you wouldn't be contesting
they wouldn't be contesting

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have contested
you wouldn't have contested
he/she/it wouldn't have contested
we wouldn't have contested
you wouldn't have contested
they wouldn't have contested

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been contesting
you wouldn't have been contesting
he/she/it wouldn't have been contesting
we wouldn't have been contesting
you wouldn't have been contesting
they wouldn't have been contesting

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I contest?
would you contest?
would he/she/it contest?
would we contest?
would you contest?
would they contest?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be contesting?
would you be contesting?
would he/she/it be contesting?
would we be contesting?
would you be contesting?
would they be contesting?

Conditional Perfect

would I have contested?
would you have contested?
would he/she/it have contested?
would we have contested?
would you have contested?
would they have contested?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been contesting?
would you have been contesting?
would he/she/it have been contesting?
would we have been contesting?
would you have been contesting?
would they have been contesting?

Participles

Present

contesting

Past

contested

Infinitives

Infinitives

to contest
to have contested
to be contesting
to have been contesting
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