answer: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for answer[ˈɑ:nsə]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
answer
answers
Possessive case
answer's
answers'
Plural
answers
answers'

Conjugation of the verb answer[ˈɑ:nsə], regular     

not answer
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I answer
you answer
he/she/it answers
we answer
you answer
they answer

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't answer
you don't answer
he/she/it doesn't answer
we don't answer
you don't answer
they don't answer

Present Continuous

I am not answering
you aren't answering
he/she/it isn't answering
we aren't answering
you aren't answering
they aren't answering

Present Perfect

I haven't answered
you haven't answered
he/she/it hasn't answered
we haven't answered
you haven't answered
they haven't answered

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been answering
you haven't been answering
he/she/it hasn't been answering
we haven't been answering
you haven't been answering
they haven't been answering

Past Indefinite

I didn't answer
you didn't answer
he/she/it didn't answer
we didn't answer
you didn't answer
they didn't answer

Past Continuous

I wasn't answering
you weren't answering
he/she/it wasn't answering
we weren't answering
you weren't answering
they weren't answering

Past Perfect

I hadn't answered
you hadn't answered
he/she/it hadn't answered
we hadn't answered
you hadn't answered
they hadn't answered

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been answering
you hadn't been answering
he/she/it hadn't been answering
we hadn't been answering
you hadn't been answering
they hadn't been answering

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't answer
you won't answer
he/she/it won't answer
we shan't / won't answer
you won't answer
they won't answer

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be answering
you won't be answering
he/she/it won't be answering
we shan't / won't be answering
you won't be answering
they won't be answering

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have answered
you won't have answered
he/she/it won't have answered
we shan't / won't have answered
you won't have answered
they won't have answered

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been answering
you won't have been answering
he/she/it won't have been answering
we shan't / won't have been answering
you won't have been answering
they won't have been answering

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't answer
you wouldn't answer
he/she/it wouldn't answer
we wouldn't answer
you wouldn't answer
they wouldn't answer

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be answering
you wouldn't be answering
he/she/it wouldn't be answering
we wouldn't be answering
you wouldn't be answering
they wouldn't be answering

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have answered
you wouldn't have answered
he/she/it wouldn't have answered
we wouldn't have answered
you wouldn't have answered
they wouldn't have answered

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been answering
you wouldn't have been answering
he/she/it wouldn't have been answering
we wouldn't have been answering
you wouldn't have been answering
they wouldn't have been answering

Participles

Present

answering

Past

answered

Infinitives

Infinitives

to answer
to have answered
to be answering
to have been answering
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