to repeat — English conjugation

Frequency#437Regular

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
Irepeat
yourepeat
he/she/itrepeats
werepeat
you (pl.)repeat
theyrepeat

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
Irepeated
yourepeated
he/she/itrepeated
werepeated
you (pl.)repeated
theyrepeated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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