Conjugation of the verb dilly-dally in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb dilly-dally in English.
Conjugation of the verb dilly-dally in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I dilly-dally
- you dilly-dally
- he|she|it dilly-dallies
- we dilly-dally
- you dilly-dally
- they dilly-dally
Present Continuous
- I am dilly-dallying
- you are dilly-dallying
- he|she|it is dilly-dallying
- we are dilly-dallying
- you are dilly-dallying
- they are dilly-dallying
Present Perfect
- I have dilly-dallied
- you have dilly-dallied
- he|she|it has dilly-dallied
- we have dilly-dallied
- you have dilly-dallied
- they have dilly-dallied
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been dilly-dallying
- you have been dilly-dallying
- he|she|it has been dilly-dallying
- we have been dilly-dallying
- you have been dilly-dallying
- they have been dilly-dallying
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 dilly-dally in the past tenses
Simple past
- I dilly-dallied
- you dilly-dallied
- he|she|it dilly-dallied
- we dilly-dallied
- you dilly-dallied
- they dilly-dallied
Past continuous
- I was dilly-dallying
- you were dilly-dallying
- he|she|it was dilly-dallying
- we were dilly-dallying
- you were dilly-dallying
- they were dilly-dallying
Past perfect
- I had dilly-dallied
- you had dilly-dallied
- he|she|it had dilly-dallied
- we had dilly-dallied
- you had dilly-dallied
- they had dilly-dallied
Past perfect continuous
- I had been dilly-dallying
- you had been dilly-dallying
- he|she|it had been dilly-dallying
- we had been dilly-dallying
- you had been dilly-dallying
- they had been dilly-dallying
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 dilly-dally in the futur tenses
Future
- I will dilly-dally
- you will dilly-dally
- he|she|it will dilly-dally
- we will dilly-dally
- you will dilly-dally
- they will dilly-dally
Future continuous
- I will be dilly-dallying
- you will be dilly-dallying
- he|she|it will be dilly-dallying
- we will be dilly-dallying
- you will be dilly-dallying
- they will be dilly-dallying
Future perfect
- I will have dilly-dallied
- you will have dilly-dallied
- he|she|it will have dilly-dallied
- we will have dilly-dallied
- you will have dilly-dallied
- they will have dilly-dallied
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been dilly-dallying
- you will have been dilly-dallying
- he|she|it will have been dilly-dallying
- we will have been dilly-dallying
- you will have been dilly-dallying
- they will have been dilly-dallying
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 dilly-dally
The imperative in English, for the verb to dilly-dally
Imperative
- dilly-dally
- let's dilly-dally
- dilly-dally
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