Conjugation of the verb talk in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb talk in the present tenses

Present Tense

I talk
you talk
he|she|it talks
we talk
you talk
they talk

Present Continuous

I am talking
you are talking
he|she|it is talking
we are talking
you are talking
they are talking

Present Perfect

I have talked
you have talked
he|she|it has talked
we have talked
you have talked
they have talked

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been talking
you have been talking
he|she|it has been talking
we have been talking
you have been talking
they have been talking

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 talk in the past tenses

Simple past

I talked
you talked
he|she|it talked
we talked
you talked
they talked

Past continuous

I was talking
you were talking
he|she|it was talking
we were talking
you were talking
they were talking

Past perfect

I had talked
you had talked
he|she|it had talked
we had talked
you had talked
they had talked

Past perfect continuous

I had been talking
you had been talking
he|she|it had been talking
we had been talking
you had been talking
they had been talking

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 talk in the futur tenses

Future

I will talk
you will talk
he|she|it will talk
we will talk
you will talk
they will talk

Future continuous

I will be talking
you will be talking
he|she|it will be talking
we will be talking
you will be talking
they will be talking

Future perfect

I will have talked
you will have talked
he|she|it will have talked
we will have talked
you will have talked
they will have talked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been talking
you will have been talking
he|she|it will have been talking
we will have been talking
you will have been talking
they will have been talking

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 talk

Present participle

talking

Past participle

talked

Perfect Participle

having talked

The imperative in English, for the verb to talk

Imperative

talk
let's talk
talk

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