CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPIES
PRESENT
Present
I spy
you spy
he/she/it spies
we spy
you spy
they spy
Present continuous
I am spying
you are spying
he/she/it is spying
we are spying
you are spying
they are spying
Present perfect
I have spied
you have spied
he/she/it has spied
we have spied
you have spied
they have spied
Present perfect continuous
I have been spying
you have been spying
he/she/it has been spying
we have been spying
you have been spying
they have been spying
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 spied
you spied
he/she/it spied
we spied
you spied
they spied
Past continuous
I was spying
you were spying
he/she/it was spying
we were spying
you were spying
they were spying
Past perfect
I had spied
you had spied
he/she/it had spied
we had spied
you had spied
they had spied
Past perfect continuous
I had been spying
you had been spying
he/she/it had been spying
we had been spying
you had been spying
they had been spying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will spy
you will spy
he/she/it will spy
we will spy
you will spy
they will spy
Future continuous
I will be spying
you will be spying
he/she/it will be spying
we will be spying
you will be spying
they will be spying
Future perfect
I will have spied
you will have spied
he/she/it will have spied
we will have spied
you will have spied
they will have spied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been spying
you will have been spying
he/she/it will have been spying
we will have been spying
you will have been spying
they will have been spying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would spies
you would spies
he/she/it would spies
we would spies
you would spies
they would spies
Conditional continuous
I would be spying
you would be spying
he/she/it would be spying
we would be spying
you would be spying
they would be spying
Conditional perfect
I would have spies
you would have spies
he/she/it would have spies
we would have spies
you would have spies
they would have spies
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been spying
you would have been spying
he/she/it would have been spying
we would have been spying
you would have been spying
they would have been spying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you spy
we let´s spy
you spy
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
spying
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 QUOTES WITH «SPIES»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
spies.
Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.
Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs.
When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.
I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?
We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.
I was a big fan of this guy named Art Bell - I don't know if you've heard of him before. I listened to his overnight show for years, and he had all these guys on at one time or another, and they talked about psychic spies and remote viewing and all that stuff. I actually was fascinated by it - more about the guys than about what they were doing.
Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIES»
Discover the use of
spies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
'Bernard Shaw couldn't do it, Henry James couldn't do it, but the ingenious English author Michael Frayn does do it: write novels and plays with equal success ... Frayn's novel excels.' John updike, New Yorker 'Deeply satisfying . . .
When a long-forgotten scent forces Stephen Wheatley to confront his past, he starts to remember a troubling childhood summer in wartime London where an imaginative child's game of playing spies wreaked havoc upon innocent lives.
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Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
Reveals the formidable organization of intelligence outsourcing that has developed between the U.S. government and private companies since 9/11, in a report that reveals how approximately seventy percent of the nation's funding for top ...
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Gideon's
Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
Revised and updated for 2012, this new edition includes the story of how Mossad assassinated the Hamas terror commander in Dubai in 2010, a look inside the modern Mossad training school, the departure of long-serving Mossad chief Meir Dagan ...
5
Washington's
Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Previously published as Washington’s Spies “Alexander Rose tells this important story with style and wit.”—Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joseph J. Ellis “Fascinating . . .
6
Red
Spies In America: Stolen Secrets And The Dawn Of The ...
And that, as Katherine Sibley shows, was just the beginning. While most historians date the onset of the Cold War with American fears of Soviet global domination after World War II, Sibley shows that it actually began during the war itself.
Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley, 2004
7
A Century of
Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century
Examines the role of espionage in world history through a discussion of information gathering in the modern world, including spy technology, the Cold War, and crisis intelligence
Jeffery T. Richelson, 1997
8
Sisterhood of
Spies: The Women of the OSS
Traces the life of a member of the OSS and the women who served undercover during World War II, detailing Nazi interrogations and expeditions behind enemy lines
Elizabeth P. McIntosh, 1998
9
Soldiers,
Spies and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt
A cautionary analysis of Egypt's transformation from a military regime to a police state traces Mubarak's loss of military support, offering a detailed historical study that argues that the revolt reflected an ongoing power struggle between ...
10
Hezekiah and the Assyrian
Spies: Reconstruction of the ...
Among the well-preserved ancient archives in Niniveh and Nimrud there are many cuneiform tablets which reveal the existence of secret service networks used by the Assyrian court to communicate with provincial officials during the 8th and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spies is used in the context of the following news items.
WATCH: New ISIS Video Shows 'Spies' Drowned in Cage, Blown Up
The 7 1/2-minute video, which can be watched above, shows ISIS fighters loading three of the men, hands bound behind their back and clad in orange prison ... «Heavy.com, Jun 15»
British spies removed from operations after Russia and China crack …
Britain has had to remove its spies from live operations after Russia and China allegedly cracked top secret files stolen by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Here's the first trailer for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' next …
The famed director's latest effort is “Bridge of Spies”, a Cold War period piece that tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
Steven Spielberg-Tom Hanks Thriller Now Titled 'Bridge Of Spies'
DreamWorks Pictures and Fox 2000 Pictures' upcoming Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks has been titled Bridge Of Spies. «Deadline.com, Mar 15»
A third of Russian diplomats in Sweden are spies, Swedish …
He said the modern-day spies were “highly educated, often a little younger than they used to be in the Soviet era, driven, determined, and socially competent. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
British spies carry out mass interception of emails, but only read a …
According to its heavily-redacted report provided to reporters, spies read ... prompted a debate in Britain about how much access the spy agencies - MI5, which ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
Check Out the Trailer for Turn: Washington's Spies Season Two
AMC has just brought online the trailer for season two of its historical spy drama “TURN: Washington's Spies.” Check it out in the player below and catch the ... «ComingSoon.net, Mar 15»
MPs say agencies should do more to recruit female spies
UK intelligence needs to do more to recruit middle-aged women and mothers to be spies, using websites like Mumsnet, according to senior MPs. In a report, the ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
Russian Spies and the Nuns Next Door
In 2010, the FBI did bust a ring of 10 Russian spies who had been operating under such deep cover that their own children were unaware their parents were ... «Daily Beast, Feb 15»
MI5 joins forces with Blue Peter to find mini-spies
The Security Service MI5 has launched a new partnership with Blue Peter, the children's programme, offering youngsters the opportunity to win a place at a “spy ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
