to drawl — English conjugation

Frequency#6463Regular

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
Idrawl
youdrawl
he/she/itdrawls
wedrawl
you (pl.)drawl
theydrawl

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
Idrawled
youdrawled
he/she/itdrawled
wedrawled
you (pl.)drawled
theydrawled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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