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.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to phone

Present participle

  • phoning

Past participle

  • phoned

Perfect Participle

  • having phoned

The imperative in English, for the verb to phone

Imperative

  • phone
  • let's phone
  • phone

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