to raffle — English conjugation

Frequency#11330Regular

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
Iraffle
youraffle
he/she/itraffles
weraffle
you (pl.)raffle
theyraffle

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
Iraffled
youraffled
he/she/itraffled
weraffled
you (pl.)raffled
theyraffled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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