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ENGLISH VERB / 15 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

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

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

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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