ask: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb ask[ɑ:sk], regular     

ask not askask?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I ask
you ask
he/she/it asks
we ask
you ask
they ask

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I ask?
do you ask?
does he/she/it ask?
do we ask?
do you ask?
do they ask?

Present Continuous

am I asking?
are you asking?
is he/she/it asking?
are we asking?
are you asking?
are they asking?

Present Perfect

have I asked?
have you asked?
has he/she/it asked?
have we asked?
have you asked?
have they asked?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been asking?
have you been asking?
has he/she/it been asking?
have we been asking?
have you been asking?
have they been asking?

Past Indefinite

did I ask?
did you ask?
did he/she/it ask?
did we ask?
did you ask?
did they ask?

Past Continuous

was I asking?
were you asking?
was he/she/it asking?
were we asking?
were you asking?
were they asking?

Past Perfect

had I asked?
had you asked?
had he/she/it asked?
had we asked?
had you asked?
had they asked?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been asking?
had you been asking?
had he/she/it been asking?
had we been asking?
had you been asking?
had they been asking?

Future Indefinite

will I ask?
will you ask?
will he/she/it ask?
will we ask?
will you ask?
will they ask?

Future Continuous

will I be asking?
will you be asking?
will he/she/it be asking?
will we be asking?
will you be asking?
will they be asking?

Future Perfect

will I have asked?
will you have asked?
will he/she/it have asked?
will we have asked?
will you have asked?
will they have asked?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been asking?
will you have been asking?
will he/she/it have been asking?
will we have been asking?
will you have been asking?
will they have been asking?

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I ask?
would you ask?
would he/she/it ask?
would we ask?
would you ask?
would they ask?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be asking?
would you be asking?
would he/she/it be asking?
would we be asking?
would you be asking?
would they be asking?

Conditional Perfect

would I have asked?
would you have asked?
would he/she/it have asked?
would we have asked?
would you have asked?
would they have asked?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been asking?
would you have been asking?
would he/she/it have been asking?
would we have been asking?
would you have been asking?
would they have been asking?

Participles

Present

asking

Past

asked

Infinitives

Infinitives

to ask
to have asked
to be asking
to have been asking

Singular and plural for ASK     

Singular
Singular
Common case
ASK
Possessive case
ASK'S
ASK
ASK'S
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