CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AD-LIBBED
PRESENT
Present
I ad-lib
you ad-lib
he/she/it ad-libs
we ad-lib
you ad-lib
they ad-lib
Present continuous
I am ad-libbing
you are ad-libbing
he/she/it is ad-libbing
we are ad-libbing
you are ad-libbing
they are ad-libbing
Present perfect
I have ad-libbed
you have ad-libbed
he/she/it has ad-libbed
we have ad-libbed
you have ad-libbed
they have ad-libbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been ad-libbing
you have been ad-libbing
he/she/it has been ad-libbing
we have been ad-libbing
you have been ad-libbing
they have been ad-libbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I ad-libbed
you ad-libbed
he/she/it ad-libbed
we ad-libbed
you ad-libbed
they ad-libbed
Past continuous
I was ad-libbing
you were ad-libbing
he/she/it was ad-libbing
we were ad-libbing
you were ad-libbing
they were ad-libbing
Past perfect
I had ad-libbed
you had ad-libbed
he/she/it had ad-libbed
we had ad-libbed
you had ad-libbed
they had ad-libbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been ad-libbing
you had been ad-libbing
he/she/it had been ad-libbing
we had been ad-libbing
you had been ad-libbing
they had been ad-libbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will ad-lib
you will ad-lib
he/she/it will ad-lib
we will ad-lib
you will ad-lib
they will ad-lib
Future continuous
I will be ad-libbing
you will be ad-libbing
he/she/it will be ad-libbing
we will be ad-libbing
you will be ad-libbing
they will be ad-libbing
Future perfect
I will have ad-libbed
you will have ad-libbed
he/she/it will have ad-libbed
we will have ad-libbed
you will have ad-libbed
they will have ad-libbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ad-libbing
you will have been ad-libbing
he/she/it will have been ad-libbing
we will have been ad-libbing
you will have been ad-libbing
they will have been ad-libbing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would ad-libbed
you would ad-libbed
he/she/it would ad-libbed
we would ad-libbed
you would ad-libbed
they would ad-libbed
Conditional continuous
I would be ad-libbing
you would be ad-libbing
he/she/it would be ad-libbing
we would be ad-libbing
you would be ad-libbing
they would be ad-libbing
Conditional perfect
I would have ad-libbed
you would have ad-libbed
he/she/it would have ad-libbed
we would have ad-libbed
you would have ad-libbed
they would have ad-libbed
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ad-libbing
you would have been ad-libbing
he/she/it would have been ad-libbing
we would have been ad-libbing
you would have been ad-libbing
they would have been ad-libbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you ad-lib
we let´s ad-lib
you ad-lib
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
ad-libbed
Present Participle
ad-libbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AD-LIBBED»
Discover the use of
ad-libbed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ad-libbed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11
"Ad-libbed". Peter Jennings, Anchor, ABC News, New York We used the half-
hour which we still called World News Tonight and put together a series of pieces
that in essence summarized various moments, occasions, and circumstances ...
2
The Radio Jockey Hand Book
Ad-Libbed. Spots. A daring (and uncommon) practice among some radio stations
is to have the announcers convert the commercial messages from a page of
notes and facts about the sponsor and product - no script! If the station's format is
...
3
Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen and the Original Tonight Show
Sid and I ad-libbed one set of lines during rehearsal and when we went on the air
ad-libbed a completely new script, so to speak. It was Sid who, in rehearsal and
on the air, ad-libbed about half-an-hour of the most hilarious material, lines, and ...
4
Good Bounces and Bad Lies
The irony is that while I ad-libbed my lines for a key scene, I had to synch up my
commentary while Kevin, on camera, tried to bank a chip shot off of a port-a- john
and onto a green. 1 referred to the port-a-john in British parlance as a "water ...
5
Reel to Real: 25 Years of Celebrity Interviews
Reel to Real: How much, if any, were the Road pictures ad-libbed? Hope: I would
say 20 percent. Those writers were marvelous; they knew construction so well.
They knew how to get us into trouble and how to get us out. I had just started a ...
David Fantle, Thomas Johnson, 2003
6
The Shakespearean International Yearbook: Volume 12: Special ...
Several ad-libbed changes from the text in this dialogue, including the last line:
as reported in The Pioneer, 22 June 1898. 35. Again, this seems to have been
added in the Simla Gaiety production, as reported in The Pioneer, 22 June 1898.
Professor Tom Bishop, Professor Sukanta Chaudhuri, Professor Alexa Huang, 2012
7
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in ...
The boys had ad-libbed a few things. When Craig [T. Nelson] says sexual
orientation is like handedness, Luke ad-libbed his reaction, and in the charade
scene, Dermot [Mulroney] and Luke ad-libbed with each other. And then, in the
scene ...
8
U.S. Presidents as Orators: A Bio-critical Sourcebook
The following excerpt is from a recording of the speech, and audience reactions
are included in brackets; moreover, Truman made a mistake in rendering one of
the lines, which is not given in his public papers, and the ad-libbed remarks are ...
9
Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father
Pop always said, a huge portion of Ocean's 11 was improvised, ad-libbed. The
Rat Pack knew each other and the Vegas casinos better than any screen- writer
could ever attempt to write. Much of the Rat Pack ad-libbed dialogue turned out to
...
Tracey Davis, Nina Bunche Pierce, 2014
[Ad-libbed] No, Mistress Mary. / Not I. / 1 haven't. / Sorry. MARY. I'm going over to
his house to look one more time. Goodbye. {She exits) CHORUS. [Ad-libbed]
Good-bye. / So long. / See you later. JACK. [Who wears a bandage around his ...
Victor Herbert, R. Eugene Jackson, 1987
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AD-LIBBED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ad-libbed is used in the context of the following news items.
Going to bat for a cure
Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth," said Piche, a local actor, reciting the first lines of Gehrig's ad-libbed ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
Ottawa Redblacks' Brad Sinopoli has huge homecoming
He also ad-libbed his way through the Lions' zone coverage for a 21-yard gain in the last minute of that quarter, setting up the 46-yard Delbert ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
Why Robert Plant was paid with a cup of tea
“I gave him the outline of what I wanted him to say but he ad-libbed a bit. “He was a natural and we only needed two or three takes. “He found it ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
Cambridge Comedy Festival 2015: Richard Herring interview
In hindsight they were laughing at me rather than with me (or at least enjoying the cuteness of it all rather than appreciating my ad-libbed ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
'Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter' is on Blu-ray and DVD this week
Cast members ad-libbed much of their dialogue in what is an apparent screed against materialism as a well-to-do but about-to-be-bankrupt ... «Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Jul 15»
Taylor Schilling on her swingers comedy The Overnight: 'The payoff …
Was anything ad-libbed or was it all totally on-script? There were a bunch of ad-libs. There's a lot of improv. I think that scene where Jason and ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
How to prepare yourself for 'Magic Mike XXL'
But the movie feels almost entirely ad-libbed, and not in a graceful way. The cast isn't exactly a collection of improv powerhouses. The movie is ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
Tame Impala - The Under the Radar Cover Story
The lines are a gibberish word salad that Parker ad-libbed as a first take and then liked too much to change.) But Parker acknowledges that his ... «Under the Radar Mag, Jul 15»
After several health scares, Gallagher brings his comedy into focus
Some of the show is planned out, but about a quarter of it is ad-libbed. That means that, if you come to the show two nights in a row, you're ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
You know you're going; here's a 'Magic Mike XXL' primer
But the movie feels almost entirely ad-libbed, and not in a graceful way. The cast isn't exactly a collection of improv powerhouses. □ The movie ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
