All verbs indicate the tense, or the moment when the action took place, is taking place, or will take place. This article will explain how “accomplish” is used in various tenses.
The verb “achieve” means to accomplish one’s plans and dreams, to get or gain something due to hard work and effort, and to become powerful, popular, successful, or famous despite struggles. The verb “achieve” can be employed in all 3 tenses, including – simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms.
This article will discuss in great detail about how the term “achieve” is used in all of the verb tense forms.
“Achieve” in present tense
Present tense shows activity, state of being, or action occurring or happening at the moment. Below, we will examine how the present tense of the verb “achieve” is used.
The verb “achieve” in the present tense takes up different forms such as ‘achieve’, ‘achieves’, ‘is achieving’, ‘has/have achieved’, and ‘has/have been achieving’.
Example: I achieve all my goals as I work hard for them.
In this sentence, the verb “achieve” is utilized in the simple present tense since it is indicating a current action of accomplishing goals which is possible because the speaker works hard for it.
When is “achieve” used in the present tense?
The verb “achieve” is in the present tense when utilized to represent the actions of succeeding, accomplishing, gaining, getting popular and famous(due to hard work and dedication) that are happening at the moment ‘now’ in the present.
Sentence formation of “achieve” in the present tense
| Forms Of Present Tense | Structures |
| 1. Simple Present Tense | a. First/second person singular/ plural Subject + achieve + remaining of the sentence b. Third person singular subject + achieves + remaining sentence c. Third person plural subject + achieve+ remaining part of the sentence |
| 2. Present Continuous Tense | a. Singular first Person subject + am + achieving + remaining part of the sentence b. Plural first person subject + are + achieving + remaining part of the sentence c. Singular/plural second person + are + achieving + remaining part of the sentence d. Singular third person + is + achieving + remaining part of the sentence e. Plural third person + are+ achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
| 3. Present Perfect Tense | a. Singular/plural first person subject + have + achieved+ remaining part of the sentence b. Singular/plural second person subject + have + achieved + remaining part of the sentence c. Singular third person subject + has + achieved+ remaining part of the sentence d. Plural third person subject + have + achieved+ remaining part of the sentence |
| 4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense | a. Singular/plural first person subject + have + been + achieving + remaining sentence b. Singular/plural second person subject + have + been + achieving + remaining part of the sentence c. Singular third person subject + has + been + achieving + remaining sentence d. Plural third person subject + have + been + achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
Examples of “achieve” in the present tense
| Examples | Explanations |
| a. I/We/You achieve all my/our/your dreams and goals due to hard work, sincerity, and dedication. b. Rudra achieves all her dreams and goals due to hard work, sincerity, and dedication. c. They achieve all their dreams due to hard work, sincerity, and dedication. | In all these sentences, the verb “achieve” is used in the present simple tense because it is denoting a current action (an action that happens regularly) when the subject accomplishes or realizes the dreams and goals due to hard work, sincerity and dedication. |
| a. I am achieving what my parents always wanted me to. b. We are achieving what our parents always wanted us to. c. You are achieving what your parents always wanted you to d. Mehak is achieving what her parents always wanted her to. e. The sons are achieving what their parents always wanted them to. | In all these given sentences here, the verb “achieve” takes the present continuous form of ‘achieving’ in order to indicate the ongoing activity of accomplishing and succeeding in what their parents wanted them to. |
| a. I/we have achieved success in this field within a short period of time. b. You have achieved success in marketing field within such a very short span of time. c. Rupali has achieved success in marketing field within such a very short period of time. d. The students have achieved success in marketing field within such a very short period of time. | In these sentences given, the word “achieve” takes up the present perfect tense form ‘has/have achieved’ (past participle of “achieve”) to depict the past action of succeeding in marketing field within such a very short span of time that has its effect even in the present. |
| a. I/We have been achieving the desired sales target for the last two months. b. You have been achieving the desired sales target for the last two months. c. Suman has been achieving the desired sales target for the last two months. d. They have been achieving the desired sales target for the last two months. | Here, in these sentences, the word “achieve” is employed in the present perfect continuous form as ‘has/have been achieving’ in order to depict and convey that the activity of accomplishing or meeting the desired sales target started from the last two months and is still continuing to take place, occur, or happen in present. |
“Achieve” in past tense
Past tense shows an action, event, or state of being that has already taken place, completed, or over. Here, we shall learn the usage of the verb “achieve” in the past tense.
The verb “achieve” in the past tense takes up several forms such as ‘achieved’, ‘was/were achieving’, ‘had achieved’, ‘had been achieving’.
Example: The Company achieved great success because of this merger.
In the sentence given above, the verb “achieve” is utilized in its simple past tense form ‘achieved’ to indicate that the company has already succeeded because of this merger.
When is “achieve” used in the past tense?
The verb “achieve” is in the past tense when utilized to represent the actions of popularity, power, or fame, succeeding and accomplishing that were already taken place, happened, or completed sometime earlier in the past.
Sentence formation of “achieve” in the past tense
| Forms Of Past Tense | Structures |
| 1. Simple Past Tense | First/second/third person singular/ plural Subject + achieved + remaining part of the sentence |
| 2. Past Continuous Tense | a. First person singular subject + was+ achieving + remaining sentence b. First person plural subject + were + achieving + remaining sentence c. Second person singular/plural subject + were+ achieving+ remaining sentence d. Third person singular subject + was + achieving+ remaining part of the sentence e. Third person plural subject + were + achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
| 3. Past Perfect Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + had + achieved + remaining part of the sentence |
| 4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + had + been + achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
Examples of “achieve” in the past tense
| Examples | Explanations |
| I/We/You/She/They achieved the goal of satisfying the client’s needs. | In this sentence, ‘achieved’, the simple past tense of the word “achieve” is employed to convey to us that the speaker/ speakers had succeeded or accomplished the goal. The usage of the verb form ‘achieved’ here shows that the action or activity is already is completed |
| a. My book was achieving great popularity last year. b. Our books were achieving great popularity last year. c. Your books were achieving great popularity last year. d. Manu’s book was achieving great popularity last year. e. Their books were achieving great popularity last year. | Here in these examples, ‘was/were achieving’, the past continuous form of “achieve” is used to represent the past or already over act of the books gaining popularity that was happening last year. |
| I/We/You/She/They had achieved expertise even before Shruthi started working. | ‘Had achieved’, the past perfect tense of the word “achieve” is used to denote that the subject had already gained expertise even Shruthi started to work. |
| I/We/You/She/They had been achieving success till the end of the career. | The verb “achieve” is employed in its past perfect continuous tense form which is nothing but ‘had been achieving’ to convey that the speakers had succeeded and accomplished till the end of the career (a time in the past). |
“Achieve” in future tense
An action that is yet to occur or will occur or take place anytime in the future is denoted using the future tense. We shall see the usage of “achieve” in the future tense.
The verb “achieve” in future tense has different forms such as ‘will/shall achieve’, ‘will/shall have achieved’, ‘will/shall be achieving’, and ‘will/shall have been achieving’.
Example: Do not worry you will achieve your dream very soon.
The verb “achieve” in this sentence is used in its simple future tense form ‘will achieve’ to convey that the action of accomplishing the dream by ‘you’ has still not happened and will take place very soon.
When is “achieve” used in the future tense?
The verb “achieve” is utilized in the future tense when used to denote the actions of gaining, accomplishing, and succeeding despite struggles and difficulties due to perseverance that will occur or happen anytime in the future.
Sentence formation of “achieve” in the future tense
| Forms of Future Tense | Structures |
| 1. Simple Future Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + will + achieve+ remaining part of the sentence |
| 2. Future Continuous Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + will + be+ achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
| 3. Future Perfect Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + will + have+ achieved + remaining part of the sentence |
| 4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense | First/second/third singular/plural subject + will + have+ been + achieving + remaining part of the sentence |
Examples of “achieve” in the future tense
| Examples | Explanations |
| I/We/You/She/They will achieve victory in tomorrow’s game as it will be played after so much practice. | ‘Will achieve’, the simple future form of “achieve” is utilized here to convey that the action of winning the game will happen tomorrow (future). |
| I am certain that I/we/you/he/they will be achieving a lot in the future. | ‘Will be achieving’, is the future continuous form of “achieve” and it is utilized in this sentence to show that the activity of accomplishing a lot will be happening in the future. |
| I/We/You/He/ They will have achieved their long-term goal by this time next year. | ‘Will have achieved’, the future perfect form of “achieve” is employed to show that the act of accomplishing the long-term goal will take place at this time (present) next year(future). |
| I/We/You/He/They will have been achieving more popularity and success in the upcoming years. | ‘Will have been achieving’, the future perfect continuous form of “achieve” is used to convey that the action of gaining more popularity and success will be happening in the upcoming years (future). |
Conclusion
Hence, this article clearly explains the usage of the verb “achieve” in the simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous forms of the present, future, and past tense.
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