Conjugation of the verb phone in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb phone in English.
Conjugation of the verb phone in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I phone
- you phone
- he|she|it phones
- we phone
- you phone
- they phone
Present Continuous
- I am phoning
- you are phoning
- he|she|it is phoning
- we are phoning
- you are phoning
- they are phoning
Present Perfect
- I have phoned
- you have phoned
- he|she|it has phoned
- we have phoned
- you have phoned
- they have phoned
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been phoning
- you have been phoning
- he|she|it has been phoning
- we have been phoning
- you have been phoning
- they have been phoning
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 phone in the past tenses
Simple past
- I phoned
- you phoned
- he|she|it phoned
- we phoned
- you phoned
- they phoned
Past continuous
- I was phoning
- you were phoning
- he|she|it was phoning
- we were phoning
- you were phoning
- they were phoning
Past perfect
- I had phoned
- you had phoned
- he|she|it had phoned
- we had phoned
- you had phoned
- they had phoned
Past perfect continuous
- I had been phoning
- you had been phoning
- he|she|it had been phoning
- we had been phoning
- you had been phoning
- they had been phoning
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 phone in the futur tenses
Future
- I will phone
- you will phone
- he|she|it will phone
- we will phone
- you will phone
- they will phone
Future continuous
- I will be phoning
- you will be phoning
- he|she|it will be phoning
- we will be phoning
- you will be phoning
- they will be phoning
Future perfect
- I will have phoned
- you will have phoned
- he|she|it will have phoned
- we will have phoned
- you will have phoned
- they will have phoned
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been phoning
- you will have been phoning
- he|she|it will have been phoning
- we will have been phoning
- you will have been phoning
- they will have been phoning
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.
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