to guillotine — English conjugation

Frequency#1863Regular

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
Iguillotine
youguillotine
he/she/itguillotines
weguillotine
you (pl.)guillotine
theyguillotine

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
Iguillotined
youguillotined
he/she/itguillotined
weguillotined
you (pl.)guillotined
theyguillotined

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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