Conjugation of to fail

All tenses of the English verb, with every person.

to fail
To be unsuccessful.
regular verb
Infinitivefail
Past simplefailed
Past participlefailed
-ing formfailing
Full conjugation of the English verb to fail (past simple failed, past participle failed): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

I fail
you fail
he/she/it fails
we fail
you fail
they fail

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past simple

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future simple

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional

Present

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

Present continuous

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

Perfect

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

Perfect continuous

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

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

Imperative

Affirmative

you fail
we let's fail

Negative

you don't fail
we let's not fail

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to fail

Perfect infinitive

to have failed

Present participle / gerund

failing

Past participle

failed

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