to ossify — English conjugation

Frequency#10366Regular

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
Iossify
youossify
he/she/itossifies
weossify
you (pl.)ossify
theyossify

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
Iossified
youossified
he/she/itossified
weossified
you (pl.)ossified
theyossified

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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