Conjugation of the verb dillydally in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb dillydally in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I dillydally
  • you dillydally
  • he|she|it dillydallies
  • we dillydally
  • you dillydally
  • they dillydally

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 dillydally in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 dillydally in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 dillydally

Present participle

  • dillydallying

Past participle

  • dillydallied

Perfect Participle

  • having dillydallied

The imperative in English, for the verb to dillydally

Imperative

  • dillydally
  • let's dillydally
  • dillydally

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