Meaning: cause (someone) to do something by offering an incentive
Motivate Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
| Infinitive/Base Form (V1) | Motivate |
| Past Tense (V2) | Motivated |
| Past Participle Form (V3) | Motivated |
| Present Participle/Gerund (V4) | Motivating |
| 3rd Person Singular (V5) | Motivates |
Motivate Past Tense:
Past Tense of Motivate is Motivated.
Example: Sarah motivated her sister.
Motivate Past Participle:
Past Participle Form of Motivate is Motivated.
Example: Sarah has motivated her sister.
Motivate Present Participle:
Present Participle Form of Motivate is Motivating.
Example: Sarah is motivating her sister.
Motivate 3rd Person Singular:
3rd Person Singular of Motivate is Motivates.
Example: Sarah motivates her sister.
Motivate Conjugation
Indefinite / Simple Present Tense
- I motivate her sister.
- We/You/They motivate her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam motivates her sister.
Present Continuous Tense
- I am motivating her sister.
- We/You/They are motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam is motivating her sister.
Present Perfect Tense
- I have motivated her sister.
- We/You/They have motivated her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam has motivated her sister.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I have been motivating her sister.
- We/You/They have been motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam has been motivating her sister.
Indefinite / Simple Past Tense
- I motivated her sister.
- We/You/They motivated her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam motivated her sister.
Past Continuous Tense
- I was motivating her sister.
- We/You/They were motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam was motivating her sister.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I had been motivating her sister.
- We/You/They had been motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam had been motivating her sister.
Past Perfect Tense
- I had motivated her sister.
- We/You/They had motivated her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam had motivated her sister.
Indefinite / Simple Future Tense
- I will/shall motivate her sister.
- We/You/They will/shall motivate her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam will motivate her sister.
Future Continuous Tense
- I will be motivating her sister.
- We/You/They will be motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam will be motivating her sister.
Future Perfect Tense
- I will have motivated her sister.
- We/You/They will have motivated her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam will have motivated her sister.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I will have been motivating her sister.
- We/You/They will have been motivating her sister.
- He/She/It/Adam will have been motivating her sister.
Past Tense of Motivate Phrasal Verbs
| Motivate Phrasal Verbs | Past Tense |
| Motivate for | Motivated for |
| Motivate by | Motivated by |
| Motivate to | Motivated to |
| Motivate against | Motivated against |
| Motivate through | Motivated through |
| Motivate up | Motivated up |
| Motivate over | Motivated over |
| Motivate around | Motivated around |
| Motivate with | Motivated with |
| Motivate back | Motivated back |
FAQS
What is the Future Tense of Motivate?
Future Tense of motivate is “will motivate”.
What is the Present Tense of Motivate?
Present Tense of motivate is “motivate + s/es or ing”.
| I/we/you/they | motivate |
| He/she/it/singular name | motivates |
| Present participle | motivating |
What is the Past Perfect Tense of Motivate?
Past perfect tense of take is “had motivated”.
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