Conjugation of to tell

All tenses of the English verb, with every person.

to tell
Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving
regular & irregular
Infinitivetell
Past simpletold / tolled
Past participletold / tolled
-ing formtelling
Full conjugation of the English verb to tell (past simple told / tolled, past participle told / tolled): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

I tell
you tell
he/she/it tells
we tell
you tell
they tell

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

I have told / tolled
you have told / tolled
he/she/it has told / tolled
we have told / tolled
you have told / tolled
they have told / tolled

Present perfect continuous

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

Past simple

I told / tolled
you told / tolled
he/she/it told / tolled
we told / tolled
you told / tolled
they told / tolled

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

I had told / tolled
you had told / tolled
he/she/it had told / tolled
we had told / tolled
you had told / tolled
they had told / tolled

Past perfect continuous

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

Future simple

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

I will have told / tolled
you will have told / tolled
he/she/it will have told / tolled
we will have told / tolled
you will have told / tolled
they will have told / tolled

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional

Present

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

Present continuous

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

Perfect

I would have told / tolled
you would have told / tolled
he/she/it would have told / tolled
we would have told / tolled
you would have told / tolled
they would have told / tolled

Perfect continuous

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

if I told / tolled
if you told / tolled
if he/she/it told / tolled
if we told / tolled
if you told / tolled
if they told / tolled

Imperative

Affirmative

you tell
we let's tell

Negative

you don't tell
we let's not tell

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to tell

Perfect infinitive

to have told / tolled

Present participle / gerund

telling

Past participle

told / tolled

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