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Conjugation of call

call · called · called

Meaning
name or phone

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Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

Icall
youcall
he/she/itcalls
wecall
theycall

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

Iam calling
youare calling
he/she/itis calling
weare calling
theyare calling

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

Icalled
youcalled
he/she/itcalled
wecalled
theycalled

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

Iwas calling
youwere calling
he/she/itwas calling
wewere calling
theywere calling

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

Ihave called
youhave called
he/she/ithas called
wehave called
theyhave called

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

Ihave been calling
youhave been calling
he/she/ithas been calling
wehave been calling
theyhave been calling

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

Ihad called
youhad called
he/she/ithad called
wehad called
theyhad called

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

Ihad been calling
youhad been calling
he/she/ithad been calling
wehad been calling
theyhad been calling

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

Iwill call
youwill call
he/she/itwill call
wewill call
theywill call

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

Iwill be calling
youwill be calling
he/she/itwill be calling
wewill be calling
theywill be calling

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

Iwill have called
youwill have called
he/she/itwill have called
wewill have called
theywill have called

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

Iwill have been calling
youwill have been calling
he/she/itwill have been calling
wewill have been calling
theywill have been calling

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

Iwould call
youwould call
he/she/itwould call
wewould call
theywould call

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

Iwould be calling
youwould be calling
he/she/itwould be calling
wewould be calling
theywould be calling

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

Iwould have called
youwould have called
he/she/itwould have called
wewould have called
theywould have called

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

Iwould have been calling
youwould have been calling
he/she/itwould have been calling
wewould have been calling
theywould have been calling

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

youcall
let'slet's call
negative youdo not call
negative let'slet's not call

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

call

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

to have called

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

calling

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

called

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