tail: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for tail[teɪl]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
tail
tails
Possessive case
tail's
tails'
Plural
tails
tails'

Conjugation of the verb tail[teɪl], regular     

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All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I tail
you tail
he/she/it tails
we tail
you tail
they tail

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

tailing

Past

tailed

Infinitives

Infinitives

to tail
to have tailed
to be tailing
to have been tailing
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