Verbe to cook en anglais au present simple et autres temps essentiels

Le document présente les formes et intitulés des temps verbaux autour du verbe cook en anglais, en détaillant les conjugaisons de l’indicatif et les variantes progressives, parfaites pour comprendre les usages du présent simple et des temps qui y gravitent.

Introduction rapide au present simple et à ses usages

Le present simple, aussi appelé present simple, est utilisé pour exprimer des actions habituelles, des faits généraux et des vérités universelles. Dans les exemples concrets, on voit la forme de base du verbe pour la 1re personne du singulier et du pluriel, et l’ajout de la terminaison -s à la 3e personne du singulier lorsque l’action est effectuée par he, she ou it.

Exemples: I cook; you cook; we cook; they cook; he cooks; she cooks; it cooks. Le present progressive, aussi appelé present continuous, exprime des actions en cours au moment où l’on parle et se forme avec l’auxiliaire to be conjugué et le gerund ( cooking ).

Conjugaison indicatives simples et progressives

  • Present simple: I cook; you cook; he cooks; she cooks; it cooks; we cook; you cook; they cook.
  • Present progressive: I am cooking; you are cooking; he is cooking; she is cooking; it is cooking; we are cooking; you are cooking; they are cooking.

Autres temps autour du present simple

Pour situer cook dans des cadres temporels variés, on présente les temps suivants, chacun avec sa construction et son usage propres.

  1. Simple past (passé simple): I cooked; you cooked; he cooked; she cooked; it cooked; we cooked; you cooked; they cooked.
  2. Past progressive (passé progressif): I was cooking; you were cooking; he was cooking; she was cooking; it was cooking; we were cooking; you were cooking; they were cooking.
  3. Present perfect (present perfect simple): I have cooked; you have cooked; he has cooked; she has cooked; it has cooked; we have cooked; you have cooked; they have cooked.
  4. Present perfect progressive (present perfect continuous): I have been cooking; you have been cooking; he has been cooking; she has been cooking; it has been cooking; we have been cooking; you have been cooking; they have been cooking.
  5. Past perfect (pluperfect): I had cooked; you had cooked; he had cooked; she had cooked; it had cooked; we had cooked; you had cooked; they had cooked.
  6. Past perfect progressive (pluperfect continuous): I had been cooking; you had been cooking; he had been cooking; she had been cooking; it had been cooking; we had been cooking; you had been cooking; they had been cooking.

Futur et conditionnel autour du cook

Pour exprimer le futur ou le conditionnel, on utilise des formes qui indiffèrent les personnes. Le futur simple est formé avec will, et le futur progressif avec will be + cooking; le futur parfait avec will have cooked et le futur parfait progressif avec will have been cooking.

  • Future simple : I will cook; you will cook; he will cook; she will cook; it will cook; we will cook; you will cook; they will cook.
  • Future progressive : I will be cooking; you will be cooking; he will be cooking; she will be cooking; it will be cooking; we will be cooking; you will be cooking; they will be cooking.
  • Future perfect : I will have cooked; you will have cooked; he will have cooked; she will have cooked; it will have cooked; we will have cooked; you will have cooked; they will have cooked.
  • Future perfect progressive : I will have been cooking; you will have been cooking; he will have been cooking; she will have been cooking; it will have been cooking; we will have been cooking; you will have been cooking; they will have been cooking.
  • Conditional simple : I would cook; you would cook; he would cook; she would cook; it would cook; we would cook; you would cook; they would cook.
  • Conditional progressive : I would be cooking; you would be cooking; he would be cooking; she would be cooking; it would be cooking; we would be cooking; you would be cooking; they would be cooking.
  • Conditional perfect : I would have cooked; you would have cooked; he would have cooked; she would have cooked; it would have cooked; we would have cooked; you would have cooked; they would have cooked.
  • Conditional perfect progressive : I would have been cooking; you would have been cooking; he would have been cooking; she would have been cooking; it would have been cooking; we would have been cooking; you would have been cooking; they would have been cooking.

Imperfectifs et impératif liés au verbe cook

L’impératif s’adresse directement à l’auditeur pour donner un ordre ou un conseils. On emploie:

  • Imperative (2e pers. sg.) cook.
  • Let’s + cook (1re pers. pl.) let’s cook.

Notes utiles: would est utilisé pour le conditionnel; after if, on emploie le prétérit dans les propositions conditionnelles de type II, sans would dans la subordonnée éventuelle.

Tableau récapitulatif utile

TempsPersonnel 1re et 2e pers. singulierPersonnels 3e pers.
Present simpleI cook; you cookhe cooks; she cooks; it cooks
Present progressiveI am cookinghe is cooking; she is cooking; it is cooking
Past simpleI cooked; you cookedhe cooked; she cooked; it cooked
Past progressiveI was cookinghe was cooking; she was cooking; it was cooking
Present perfectI have cookedhe has cooked; she has cooked; it has cooked
Future simpleI will cookhe will cook; she will cook; it will cook
diagramme temps anglais present simple vs progressif

La comparaison visuelle entre les temps peut aider à fixer les notions, notamment la relation entre le present simple et le present progressive dans l’expression d’habitudes et d’actions en cours.

Le présent continu en anglais expliqué SIMPLEMENT en 5 min. [SPÉCIAL débutants et "faux" débutants]

En résumé, le verbe to cook suit les formes standard des temps anglais et se prête à une pratique guidée pour maîtriser les nuances entre présent simple, présent progressif et les temps composés, tout en comprenant les règles d’emploi du conditionnel et des futurs.

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