to exaggerate — English conjugation

Frequency#758Regular

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
Iexaggerate
youexaggerate
he/she/itexaggerates
weexaggerate
you (pl.)exaggerate
theyexaggerate

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
Iexaggerated
youexaggerated
he/she/itexaggerated
weexaggerated
you (pl.)exaggerated
theyexaggerated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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