Conjugation of the verb foil in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb foil in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I foil
  • you foil
  • he|she|it foils
  • we foil
  • you foil
  • they foil

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 foil in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 foil in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 foil

Present participle

  • foiling

Past participle

  • foiled

Perfect Participle

  • having foiled

The imperative in English, for the verb to foil

Imperative

  • foil
  • let's foil
  • foil

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