to tidy — English conjugation

Frequency#14317Regular

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
Itidy
youtidy
he/she/ittidies
wetidy
you (pl.)tidy
theytidy

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
Itidied
youtidied
he/she/ittidied
wetidied
you (pl.)tidied
theytidied

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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