to interrupt — English conjugation

Frequency#561Regular

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
Iinterrupt
youinterrupt
he/she/itinterrupts
weinterrupt
you (pl.)interrupt
theyinterrupt

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
Iinterrupted
youinterrupted
he/she/itinterrupted
weinterrupted
you (pl.)interrupted
theyinterrupted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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