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Conjugation of speak

speak · spoke · spoken

Meaning: talk using words

Conjugated like speak.

Verbs conjugated like speak

Indicative

Simple present

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

I	speak
you	speak
he/she/it	speaks
we	speak
they	speak

Present continuous

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

I	am speaking
you	are speaking
he/she/it	is speaking
we	are speaking
they	are speaking

Simple past

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

I	spoke
you	spoke
he/she/it	spoke
we	spoke
they	spoke

Past continuous

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

I	was speaking
you	were speaking
he/she/it	was speaking
we	were speaking
they	were speaking

Present perfect

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

I	have spoken
you	have spoken
he/she/it	has spoken
we	have spoken
they	have spoken

Present perfect continuous

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

I	have been speaking
you	have been speaking
he/she/it	has been speaking
we	have been speaking
they	have been speaking

Past perfect

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

I	had spoken
you	had spoken
he/she/it	had spoken
we	had spoken
they	had spoken

Past perfect continuous

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

I	had been speaking
you	had been speaking
he/she/it	had been speaking
we	had been speaking
they	had been speaking

Simple future

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

I	will speak
you	will speak
he/she/it	will speak
we	will speak
they	will speak

Future continuous

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

I	will be speaking
you	will be speaking
he/she/it	will be speaking
we	will be speaking
they	will be speaking

Future perfect

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

I	will have spoken
you	will have spoken
he/she/it	will have spoken
we	will have spoken
they	will have spoken

Future perfect continuous

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

I	will have been speaking
you	will have been speaking
he/she/it	will have been speaking
we	will have been speaking
they	will have been speaking

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

I	would speak
you	would speak
he/she/it	would speak
we	would speak
they	would speak

Present continuous conditional

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

I	would be speaking
you	would be speaking
he/she/it	would be speaking
we	would be speaking
they	would be speaking

Perfect conditional

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

I	would have spoken
you	would have spoken
he/she/it	would have spoken
we	would have spoken
they	would have spoken

Perfect continuous conditional

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

I	would have been speaking
you	would have been speaking
he/she/it	would have been speaking
we	would have been speaking
they	would have been speaking

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	speak
let's	let's speak
negative you	do not speak
negative let's	let's not speak

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	speak

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have spoken

Present participle (gerund)

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

	speaking

Past participle

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

	spoken

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Conditional · Present conditional

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