to blue — English conjugation

Frequency#3930Regular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Regular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Iblue
youblue
he/she/itblues
weblue
you (pl.)blue
theyblue

Past (Simple Past) Regular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Iblued
youblued
he/she/itblued
weblued
you (pl.)blued
theyblued

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Regular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam bluing
youare bluing
he/she/itis bluing
weare bluing
you (pl.)are bluing
theyare bluing

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Regular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas bluing
youwere bluing
he/she/itwas bluing
wewere bluing
you (pl.)were bluing
theywere bluing

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Regular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave blued
youhave blued
he/she/ithas blued
wehave blued
you (pl.)have blued
theyhave blued

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Regular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad blued
youhad blued
he/she/ithad blued
wehad blued
you (pl.)had blued
theyhad blued

Future (will) (Future Simple) Regular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill blue
youwill blue
he/she/itwill blue
wewill blue
you (pl.)will blue
theywill blue

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Regular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be bluing
youwill be bluing
he/she/itwill be bluing
wewill be bluing
you (pl.)will be bluing
theywill be bluing

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Regular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have blued
youwill have blued
he/she/itwill have blued
wewill have blued
you (pl.)will have blued
theywill have blued

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Regular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould blue
youwould blue
he/she/itwould blue
wewould blue
you (pl.)would blue
theywould blue