Conjugation of the verb scold in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb scold in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I scold
  • you scold
  • he|she|it scolds
  • we scold
  • you scold
  • they scold

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 scold in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 scold in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 scold

Present participle

  • scolding

Past participle

  • scolded

Perfect Participle

  • having scolded

The imperative in English, for the verb to scold

Imperative

  • scold
  • let's scold
  • scold

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