Conjugation of the verb retell in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retell in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I retell
  • you retell
  • he|she|it retells
  • we retell
  • you retell
  • they retell

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 retell in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 retell in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 retell

Present participle

  • retelling

Past participle

  • retold

Perfect Participle

  • having retold

The imperative in English, for the verb to retell

Imperative

  • retell
  • let's retell
  • retell

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