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Conjugation

to tell

Verb forms
InfinitiveSimple PastPast Participle
to tell play verbform told play verbform told play verbform
Conjugation tables
indicative
simple present
I tell we tell
you tell you tell
he/she/it tells they tell
present progressive
I am telling we are telling
you are telling you are telling
he/she/it is telling they are telling
present perfect
I have told we have told
you have told you have told
he/she/it has told they have told
present perfect progressive
I have been telling we have been telling
you have been telling you have been telling
he/she/it has been telling they have been telling
simple past
I told we told
you told you told
he/she/it told they told
past progressive
I was telling we were telling
you were telling you were telling
he/she/it was telling they were telling
past perfect
I had told we had told
you had told you had told
he/she/it had told they had told
past perfect progressive
I had been telling we had been telling
you had been telling you had been telling
he/she/it had been telling they had been telling
simple future
I will tell we will tell
you will tell you will tell
he/she/it will tell they will tell
future progressive
I will be telling we will be telling
you will be telling you will be telling
he/she/it will be telling they will be telling
future perfect
I will have told we will have told
you will have told you will have told
he/she/it will have told they will have told
future perfect progressive
I will have been telling we will have been telling
you will have been telling you will have been telling
he/she/it will have been telling they will have been telling
conditional
conditional present
I would tell we would tell
you would tell you would tell
he/she/it would tell they would tell
conditional present progressive
I would be telling we would be telling
you would be telling you would be telling
he/she/it would be telling they would be telling
conditional perfect
I would have told we would have told
you would have told you would have told
he/she/it would have told they would have told
conditional perfect progressive
I would have been telling we would have been telling
you would have been telling you would have been telling
he/she/it would have been telling they would have been telling
passive
passive simple present
I am told we are told
you are told you are told
he/she/it is told they are told
passive present progressive
I am being told we are being told
you are being told you are being told
he/she/it is being told they are being told
passive present perfect
I have been told we have been told
you have been told you have been told
he/she/it has been told they have been told
passive present perfect progressive
I have been being told we have been being told
you have been being told you have been being told
he/she/it has been being told they have been being told
passive simple past
I was told we were told
you were told you were told
he/she/it was told they were told
passive past progressive
I was being told we were being told
you were being told you were being told
he/she/it was being told they were being told
passive past perfect
I had been told we had been told
you had been told you had been told
he/she/it had been told they had been told
passive past perfect progressive
I had been being told we had been being told
you had been being told you had been being told
he/she/it had been being told they had been being told
passive simple future
I will be told we will be told
you will be told you will be told
he/she/it will be told they will be told
passive future progressive
I will be being told we will be being told
you will be being told you will be being told
he/she/it will be being told they will be being told
passive future perfect
I will have been told we will have been told
you will have been told you will have been told
he/she/it will have been told they will have been told
passive future perfect progressive
I will have been being told we will have been being told
you will have been being told you will have been being told
he/she/it will have been being told they will have been being told
to tell
Similar words
ask see inform let answer reply hear speak explain remember exclaim put meet turn to cry assure believe marry dear observe Aunt inquire declare give remind laugh beg repeat warn interrupt story truth tale storey something thing mother everything father know thee shall happen anything think
Typical usage patterns (collocations)
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