to circulate — English conjugation

Frequency#1259Regular

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
Icirculate
youcirculate
he/she/itcirculates
wecirculate
you (pl.)circulate
theycirculate

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
Icirculated
youcirculated
he/she/itcirculated
wecirculated
you (pl.)circulated
theycirculated

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 circulating
youare circulating
he/she/itis circulating
weare circulating
you (pl.)are circulating
theyare circulating

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 circulating
youwere circulating
he/she/itwas circulating
wewere circulating
you (pl.)were circulating
theywere circulating

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 circulated
youhave circulated
he/she/ithas circulated
wehave circulated
you (pl.)have circulated
theyhave circulated

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 circulated
youhad circulated
he/she/ithad circulated
wehad circulated
you (pl.)had circulated
theyhad circulated

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 circulate
youwill circulate
he/she/itwill circulate
wewill circulate
you (pl.)will circulate
theywill circulate

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 circulating
youwill be circulating
he/she/itwill be circulating
wewill be circulating
you (pl.)will be circulating
theywill be circulating

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 circulated
youwill have circulated
he/she/itwill have circulated
wewill have circulated
you (pl.)will have circulated
theywill have circulated

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 circulate
youwould circulate
he/she/itwould circulate
wewould circulate
you (pl.)would circulate
theywould circulate