Conjugation of the verb tell in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb tell in English.

Conjugation of the verb tell in the present tenses

Present Tense

I tell
you tell
he|she|it tells
we tell
you tell
they tell

Present Continuous

I am telling
you are telling
he|she|it is telling
we are telling
you are telling
they are telling

Present Perfect

I have told
you have told
he|she|it has told
we have told
you have told
they have told

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been telling
you have been telling
he|she|it has been telling
we have been telling
you have been telling
they have been telling

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb tell in the past tenses

Simple past

I told
you told
he|she|it told
we told
you told
they told

Past continuous

I was telling
you were telling
he|she|it was telling
we were telling
you were telling
they were telling

Past perfect

I had told
you had told
he|she|it had told
we had told
you had told
they had told

Past perfect continuous

I had been telling
you had been telling
he|she|it had been telling
we had been telling
you had been telling
they had been telling

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb tell in the futur tenses

Future

I will tell
you will tell
he|she|it will tell
we will tell
you will tell
they will tell

Future continuous

I will be telling
you will be telling
he|she|it will be telling
we will be telling
you will be telling
they will be telling

Future perfect

I will have told
you will have told
he|she|it will have told
we will have told
you will have told
they will have told

Future perfect continuous

I will have been telling
you will have been telling
he|she|it will have been telling
we will have been telling
you will have been telling
they will have been telling

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to tell

Present participle

telling

Past participle

told

Perfect Participle

having told

The imperative in English, for the verb to tell

Imperative

tell
let's tell
tell

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