to tolerate — English conjugation

Frequency#908Regular

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
Itolerate
youtolerate
he/she/ittolerates
wetolerate
you (pl.)tolerate
theytolerate

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
Itolerated
youtolerated
he/she/ittolerated
wetolerated
you (pl.)tolerated
theytolerated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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