to turn around — English conjugation

Frequency#19571Regular

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
Iturn around
youturn around
he/she/itturns around
weturn around
you (pl.)turn around
theyturn around

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
Iturned around
youturned around
he/she/itturned around
weturned around
you (pl.)turned around
theyturned around

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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