Conjugation of the verb telephone in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb telephone in the present tenses

Present Tense

I telephone
you telephone
he|she|it telephones
we telephone
you telephone
they telephone

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 telephone in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 telephone in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 telephone

Present participle

telephoning

Past participle

telephoned

Perfect Participle

having telephoned

The imperative in English, for the verb to telephone

Imperative

telephone
let's telephone
telephone

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