Conjugation of the verb dawdle in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb dawdle in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I dawdle
  • you dawdle
  • he|she|it dawdles
  • we dawdle
  • you dawdle
  • they dawdle

Present Continuous

  • I am dawdling
  • you are dawdling
  • he|she|it is dawdling
  • we are dawdling
  • you are dawdling
  • they are dawdling

Present Perfect

  • I have dawdled
  • you have dawdled
  • he|she|it has dawdled
  • we have dawdled
  • you have dawdled
  • they have dawdled

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been dawdling
  • you have been dawdling
  • he|she|it has been dawdling
  • we have been dawdling
  • you have been dawdling
  • they have been dawdling

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 dawdle in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I dawdled
  • you dawdled
  • he|she|it dawdled
  • we dawdled
  • you dawdled
  • they dawdled

Past continuous

  • I was dawdling
  • you were dawdling
  • he|she|it was dawdling
  • we were dawdling
  • you were dawdling
  • they were dawdling

Past perfect

  • I had dawdled
  • you had dawdled
  • he|she|it had dawdled
  • we had dawdled
  • you had dawdled
  • they had dawdled

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been dawdling
  • you had been dawdling
  • he|she|it had been dawdling
  • we had been dawdling
  • you had been dawdling
  • they had been dawdling

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 dawdle in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will dawdle
  • you will dawdle
  • he|she|it will dawdle
  • we will dawdle
  • you will dawdle
  • they will dawdle

Future continuous

  • I will be dawdling
  • you will be dawdling
  • he|she|it will be dawdling
  • we will be dawdling
  • you will be dawdling
  • they will be dawdling

Future perfect

  • I will have dawdled
  • you will have dawdled
  • he|she|it will have dawdled
  • we will have dawdled
  • you will have dawdled
  • they will have dawdled

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been dawdling
  • you will have been dawdling
  • he|she|it will have been dawdling
  • we will have been dawdling
  • you will have been dawdling
  • they will have been dawdling

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 dawdle

Present participle

  • dawdling

Past participle

  • dawdled

Perfect Participle

  • having dawdled

The imperative in English, for the verb to dawdle

Imperative

  • dawdle
  • let's dawdle
  • dawdle

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