to defoul — English conjugation

Frequency#16511Regular

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
Idefoul
youdefoul
he/she/itdefouls
wedefoul
you (pl.)defoul
theydefoul

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
Idefouled
youdefouled
he/she/itdefouled
wedefouled
you (pl.)defouled
theydefouled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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