to egg-crate — English conjugation

Frequency#16745Regular

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
Iegg-crate
youegg-crate
he/she/itegg-crates
weegg-crate
you (pl.)egg-crate
theyegg-crate

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
Iegg-crated
youegg-crated
he/she/itegg-crated
weegg-crated
you (pl.)egg-crated
theyegg-crated

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 egg-crating
youare egg-crating
he/she/itis egg-crating
weare egg-crating
you (pl.)are egg-crating
theyare egg-crating

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 egg-crating
youwere egg-crating
he/she/itwas egg-crating
wewere egg-crating
you (pl.)were egg-crating
theywere egg-crating

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 egg-crated
youhave egg-crated
he/she/ithas egg-crated
wehave egg-crated
you (pl.)have egg-crated
theyhave egg-crated

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 egg-crated
youhad egg-crated
he/she/ithad egg-crated
wehad egg-crated
you (pl.)had egg-crated
theyhad egg-crated

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 egg-crate
youwill egg-crate
he/she/itwill egg-crate
wewill egg-crate
you (pl.)will egg-crate
theywill egg-crate

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 egg-crating
youwill be egg-crating
he/she/itwill be egg-crating
wewill be egg-crating
you (pl.)will be egg-crating
theywill be egg-crating

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 egg-crated
youwill have egg-crated
he/she/itwill have egg-crated
wewill have egg-crated
you (pl.)will have egg-crated
theywill have egg-crated

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 egg-crate
youwould egg-crate
he/she/itwould egg-crate
wewould egg-crate
you (pl.)would egg-crate
theywould egg-crate