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ENGLISH VERB

picture

to visualize, to see (in the mind)

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: picturing
  • Past participle: pictured

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I visualize
  2. you you visualize
  3. he, she, it he visualizes
  4. we we visualize
  5. they they visualize

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I visualized
  2. you you visualized
  3. he, she, it he visualized
  4. we we visualize
  5. they they visualized

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will visualize
  2. you you will visualize
  3. he, she, it he will visualize
  4. we we will visualize
  5. they they will visualize

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am visualizing
  2. you you are visualizing
  3. he, she, it he is visualizing
  4. we we are visualizing
  5. they they are visualizing

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already visualized
  2. you you have already visualized
  3. he, she, it he has already visualized
  4. we we have already visualized
  5. they they have already visualized

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would visualize
  2. you you would visualize
  3. he, she, it he would visualize
  4. we we would visualize
  5. they they would visualize

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. visualize!

How to use picture

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    I still picture my grandmother in her garden.

    I still see my grandmother in her garden.

  2. Past

    I pictured the house much bigger than this.

    I imagined the house to be much bigger than this.

  3. Future

    Close your eyes and you will picture the beach.

    Close your eyes and you will visualize the beach.

  4. Present continuous

    I'm picturing you in that yellow dress.

    I can see you in that yellow dress.

  5. Present perfect

    I have pictured this moment a thousand times.

    I have visualized this moment a thousand times.

  6. Conditional

    I would never picture him as a teacher.

    I would never imagine him as a teacher.

  7. Imperative

    Picture a quiet lake at sunrise.

    Visualize a peaceful lake at sunrise.

Good to know

  • "Picture" is the noun "foto", "quadro", and the verb "imaginar": "picture yourself on the beach".
  • Very common with "can": "I can't picture him as a father".

Where you hear picture

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • I can still picture the steam. I can still see the steam.
  • I couldn't picture their face. I couldn't picture their face.
  • The listener will picture the street without a photo. The listener will picture the street without a photo.
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The detail that brought it back

Advanced Level 1 · I can still picture

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.