play: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb play[pleɪ], regular     

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All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I play
you play
he/she/it plays
we play
you play
they play

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

playing

Past

played

Infinitives

Infinitives

to play
to have played
to be playing
to have been playing

Singular and plural for play[pleɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
play
plays
Possessive case
play's
plays'
Plural
plays
plays'
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