encourage

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Present:	encouraging
Past:	encouraged

Indicative of "encourage"

	Present	Past	Future
I	encourage	encouraged	will encourage
you	encourage	encouraged	will encourage
he/she	encourages	encouraged	will encourage
we	encourage	encouraged	will encourage
you	encourage	encouraged	will encourage
they	encourage	encouraged	will encourage

Perfect of "encourage"

	Present	Past	Future
I	have encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged
you	have encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged
he/she	has encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged
we	have encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged
you	have encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged
they	have encouraged	had encouraged	will have encouraged

Imperative of "encourage"

	Affirmative	Negative
I	-	-
you	encourage	don't encourage
he/she	-	-
we	let's encourage	let's not encourage
you	encourage	don't encourage
they	-	-

Progressive of "encourage"

	Present	Past	Future
I	am encouraging	was encouraging	will be encouraging
you	are encouraging	were encouraging	will be encouraging
he/she	is encouraging	was encouraging	will be encouraging
we	are encouraging	were encouraging	will be encouraging
you	are encouraging	were encouraging	will be encouraging
they	are encouraging	were encouraging	will be encouraging

Perfect Progressive of "encourage"

	Present	Past	Future
I	have been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging
you	have been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging
he/she	has been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging
we	have been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging
you	have been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging
they	have been encouraging	had been encouraging	will have been encouraging

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