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ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

tellconjugation

communicate information or a story to someone

EXAMPLE

Please tell me the truth.

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Indicative

Present Simple

tell — Indicative — Present Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	tell
you	tell
he	tells
she	tells
it	tells
we	tell
they	tell

Present Continuous

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

Past Simple

tell — Indicative — Past Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	told
you	told
he	told
she	told
it	told
we	told
they	told

Past Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Perfect

tell — Indicative — Past Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	had told
you	had told
he	had told
she	had told
it	had told
we	had told
they	had told

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Simple

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

tell — Conditional — Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	would have told
you	would have told
he	would have told
she	would have told
it	would have told
we	would have told
they	would have told

Imperative

Present

tell — Imperative — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	tell

Infinitive

Present

tell — Infinitive — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	to tell

Participle

Present

tell — Participle — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	telling

Past

tell — Participle — Past
Person	Form	Audio
—	told

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