Conjugation of the verb wail in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb wail in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I wail
  • you wail
  • he|she|it wails
  • we wail
  • you wail
  • they wail

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 wail in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 wail in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 wail

Present participle

  • wailing

Past participle

  • wailed

Perfect Participle

  • having wailed

The imperative in English, for the verb to wail

Imperative

  • wail
  • let's wail
  • wail

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