Conjugation of to answer

All tenses of the English verb, with every person.

to answer
To make a reply or response to.
regular verb
Infinitiveanswer
Past simpleanswered
Past participleanswered
-ing formanswering
Full conjugation of the English verb to answer (past simple answered, past participle answered): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

I answer
you answer
he/she/it answers
we answer
you answer
they answer

Present continuous

I am answering
you are answering
he/she/it is answering
we are answering
you are answering
they are answering

Present perfect

I have answered
you have answered
he/she/it has answered
we have answered
you have answered
they have answered

Present perfect continuous

I have been answering
you have been answering
he/she/it has been answering
we have been answering
you have been answering
they have been answering

Past simple

I answered
you answered
he/she/it answered
we answered
you answered
they answered

Past continuous

I was answering
you were answering
he/she/it was answering
we were answering
you were answering
they were answering

Past perfect

I had answered
you had answered
he/she/it had answered
we had answered
you had answered
they had answered

Past perfect continuous

I had been answering
you had been answering
he/she/it had been answering
we had been answering
you had been answering
they had been answering

Future simple

I will answer
you will answer
he/she/it will answer
we will answer
you will answer
they will answer

Future continuous

I will be answering
you will be answering
he/she/it will be answering
we will be answering
you will be answering
they will be answering

Future perfect

I will have answered
you will have answered
he/she/it will have answered
we will have answered
you will have answered
they will have answered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been answering
you will have been answering
he/she/it will have been answering
we will have been answering
you will have been answering
they will have been answering

Conditional

Present

I would answer
you would answer
he/she/it would answer
we would answer
you would answer
they would answer

Present continuous

I would be answering
you would be answering
he/she/it would be answering
we would be answering
you would be answering
they would be answering

Perfect

I would have answered
you would have answered
he/she/it would have answered
we would have answered
you would have answered
they would have answered

Perfect continuous

I would have been answering
you would have been answering
he/she/it would have been answering
we would have been answering
you would have been answering
they would have been answering

Subjunctive

Present

that I answer
that you answer
that he/she/it answer
that we answer
that you answer
that they answer

Past

if I answered
if you answered
if he/she/it answered
if we answered
if you answered
if they answered

Imperative

Affirmative

you answer
we let's answer

Negative

you don't answer
we let's not answer

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to answer

Perfect infinitive

to have answered

Present participle / gerund

answering

Past participle

answered

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