Conjugation of the verb shilly-shally in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb shilly-shally in English.
Conjugation of the verb shilly-shally in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I shilly-shally
- you shilly-shally
- he|she|it shilly-shallies
- we shilly-shally
- you shilly-shally
- they shilly-shally
Present Continuous
- I am shilly-shallying
- you are shilly-shallying
- he|she|it is shilly-shallying
- we are shilly-shallying
- you are shilly-shallying
- they are shilly-shallying
Present Perfect
- I have shilly-shallied
- you have shilly-shallied
- he|she|it has shilly-shallied
- we have shilly-shallied
- you have shilly-shallied
- they have shilly-shallied
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been shilly-shallying
- you have been shilly-shallying
- he|she|it has been shilly-shallying
- we have been shilly-shallying
- you have been shilly-shallying
- they have been shilly-shallying
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 shilly-shally in the past tenses
Simple past
- I shilly-shallied
- you shilly-shallied
- he|she|it shilly-shallied
- we shilly-shallied
- you shilly-shallied
- they shilly-shallied
Past continuous
- I was shilly-shallying
- you were shilly-shallying
- he|she|it was shilly-shallying
- we were shilly-shallying
- you were shilly-shallying
- they were shilly-shallying
Past perfect
- I had shilly-shallied
- you had shilly-shallied
- he|she|it had shilly-shallied
- we had shilly-shallied
- you had shilly-shallied
- they had shilly-shallied
Past perfect continuous
- I had been shilly-shallying
- you had been shilly-shallying
- he|she|it had been shilly-shallying
- we had been shilly-shallying
- you had been shilly-shallying
- they had been shilly-shallying
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 shilly-shally in the futur tenses
Future
- I will shilly-shally
- you will shilly-shally
- he|she|it will shilly-shally
- we will shilly-shally
- you will shilly-shally
- they will shilly-shally
Future continuous
- I will be shilly-shallying
- you will be shilly-shallying
- he|she|it will be shilly-shallying
- we will be shilly-shallying
- you will be shilly-shallying
- they will be shilly-shallying
Future perfect
- I will have shilly-shallied
- you will have shilly-shallied
- he|she|it will have shilly-shallied
- we will have shilly-shallied
- you will have shilly-shallied
- they will have shilly-shallied
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been shilly-shallying
- you will have been shilly-shallying
- he|she|it will have been shilly-shallying
- we will have been shilly-shallying
- you will have been shilly-shallying
- they will have been shilly-shallying
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 shilly-shally
The imperative in English, for the verb to shilly-shally
Imperative
- shilly-shally
- let's shilly-shally
- shilly-shally
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