Conjugation of the verb call in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb call in English.

Conjugation of the verb call in the present tenses

Present Tense

I call
you call
he|she|it calls
we call
you call
they call

Present Continuous

I am calling
you are calling
he|she|it is calling
we are calling
you are calling
they are calling

Present Perfect

I have called
you have called
he|she|it has called
we have called
you have called
they have called

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been calling
you have been calling
he|she|it has been calling
we have been calling
you have been calling
they have been calling

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb call in the past tenses

Simple past

I called
you called
he|she|it called
we called
you called
they called

Past continuous

I was calling
you were calling
he|she|it was calling
we were calling
you were calling
they were calling

Past perfect

I had called
you had called
he|she|it had called
we had called
you had called
they had called

Past perfect continuous

I had been calling
you had been calling
he|she|it had been calling
we had been calling
you had been calling
they had been calling

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb call in the futur tenses

Future

I will call
you will call
he|she|it will call
we will call
you will call
they will call

Future continuous

I will be calling
you will be calling
he|she|it will be calling
we will be calling
you will be calling
they will be calling

Future perfect

I will have called
you will have called
he|she|it will have called
we will have called
you will have called
they will have called

Future perfect continuous

I will have been calling
you will have been calling
he|she|it will have been calling
we will have been calling
you will have been calling
they will have been calling

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to call

Present participle

calling

Past participle

called

Perfect Participle

having called

The imperative in English, for the verb to call

Imperative

call
let's call
call

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