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ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

tryconjugation

make an effort or test something

EXAMPLE

He tried to open the window.

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Indicative

Present Simple

try — Indicative — Present Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	try
you	try
he	tries
she	tries
it	tries
we	try
they	try

Present Continuous

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

Past Simple

try — Indicative — Past Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	tried
you	tried
he	tried
she	tried
it	tried
we	tried
they	tried

Past Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Perfect

try — Indicative — Past Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	had tried
you	had tried
he	had tried
she	had tried
it	had tried
we	had tried
they	had tried

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Simple

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

try — Conditional — Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	would have tried
you	would have tried
he	would have tried
she	would have tried
it	would have tried
we	would have tried
they	would have tried

Imperative

Present

try — Imperative — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	try

Infinitive

Present

try — Infinitive — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	to try

Participle

Present

try — Participle — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	trying

Past

try — Participle — Past
Person	Form	Audio
—	tried

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