to encircle — English conjugation

Frequency#1200Regular

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
Iencircle
youencircle
he/she/itencircles
weencircle
you (pl.)encircle
theyencircle

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
Iencircled
youencircled
he/she/itencircled
weencircled
you (pl.)encircled
theyencircled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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