Conjugation of the verb reply in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb reply in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I reply
  • you reply
  • he|she|it replies
  • we reply
  • you reply
  • they reply

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 reply in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 reply in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 reply

Present participle

  • replying

Past participle

  • replied

Perfect Participle

  • having replied

The imperative in English, for the verb to reply

Imperative

  • reply
  • let's reply
  • reply

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