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ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

playconjugation

take part in a game, make music, or act for enjoyment

EXAMPLE

The children play outside after school.

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Indicative

Present Simple

play — Indicative — Present Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	play
you	play
he	plays
she	plays
it	plays
we	play
they	play

Present Continuous

play — Indicative — Present Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	am playing
you	are playing
he	is playing
she	is playing
it	is playing
we	are playing
they	are playing

Past Simple

play — Indicative — Past Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	played
you	played
he	played
she	played
it	played
we	played
they	played

Past Continuous

play — Indicative — Past Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	was playing
you	were playing
he	was playing
she	was playing
it	was playing
we	were playing
they	were playing

Present Perfect

play — Indicative — Present Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	have played
you	have played
he	has played
she	has played
it	has played
we	have played
they	have played

Present Perfect Continuous

play — Indicative — Present Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	have been playing
you	have been playing
he	has been playing
she	has been playing
it	has been playing
we	have been playing
they	have been playing

Past Perfect

play — Indicative — Past Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	had played
you	had played
he	had played
she	had played
it	had played
we	had played
they	had played

Past Perfect Continuous

play — Indicative — Past Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	had been playing
you	had been playing
he	had been playing
she	had been playing
it	had been playing
we	had been playing
they	had been playing

Future Simple

play — Indicative — Future Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	will play
you	will play
he	will play
she	will play
it	will play
we	will play
they	will play

Future Continuous

play — Indicative — Future Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will be playing
you	will be playing
he	will be playing
she	will be playing
it	will be playing
we	will be playing
they	will be playing

Future Perfect

play — Indicative — Future Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have played
you	will have played
he	will have played
she	will have played
it	will have played
we	will have played
they	will have played

Future Perfect Continuous

play — Indicative — Future Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have been playing
you	will have been playing
he	will have been playing
she	will have been playing
it	will have been playing
we	will have been playing
they	will have been playing

Conditional

Present

play — Conditional — Present
Person	Form	Audio
I	would play
you	would play
he	would play
she	would play
it	would play
we	would play
they	would play

Perfect

play — Conditional — Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	would have played
you	would have played
he	would have played
she	would have played
it	would have played
we	would have played
they	would have played

Imperative

Present

play — Imperative — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	play

Infinitive

Present

play — Infinitive — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	to play

Participle

Present

play — Participle — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	playing

Past

play — Participle — Past
Person	Form	Audio
—	played

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