CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TOLD
PRESENT
Present
I tell
you tell
he/she/it tells
we tell
you tell
they tell
Present continuous
I am telling
you are telling
he/she/it is telling
we are telling
you are telling
they are telling
Present perfect
I have told
you have told
he/she/it has told
we have told
you have told
they have told
Present perfect continuous
I have been telling
you have been telling
he/she/it has been telling
we have been telling
you have been telling
they have been telling
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 told
you told
he/she/it told
we told
you told
they told
Past continuous
I was telling
you were telling
he/she/it was telling
we were telling
you were telling
they were telling
Past perfect
I had told
you had told
he/she/it had told
we had told
you had told
they had told
Past perfect continuous
I had been telling
you had been telling
he/she/it had been telling
we had been telling
you had been telling
they had been telling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will tell
you will tell
he/she/it will tell
we will tell
you will tell
they will tell
Future continuous
I will be telling
you will be telling
he/she/it will be telling
we will be telling
you will be telling
they will be telling
Future perfect
I will have told
you will have told
he/she/it will have told
we will have told
you will have told
they will have told
Future perfect continuous
I will have been telling
you will have been telling
he/she/it will have been telling
we will have been telling
you will have been telling
they will have been telling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would told
you would told
he/she/it would told
we would told
you would told
they would told
Conditional continuous
I would be telling
you would be telling
he/she/it would be telling
we would be telling
you would be telling
they would be telling
Conditional perfect
I would have told
you would have told
he/she/it would have told
we would have told
you would have told
they would have told
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been telling
you would have been telling
he/she/it would have been telling
we would have been telling
you would have been telling
they would have been telling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you tell
we let´s tell
you tell
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
telling
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 «TOLD»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
told.
I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, 'Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?' 'Well, we have no mechanism to do it,' I was told.
'Queen of Hearts' is one I'm really proud of because I worked so hard on it, and then I was told it wasn't good enough to be included on an Allman Brothers album. That directly led me to go into the studio and cut 'Laid Back,' my first solo release. So 'Queen of Hearts' is special to me.
I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to call the plumber. I told her I would fix it and asked her to get my Richard Scarry book 'How Things Work in Busytown.' Between the picture of a toilet and the text she read to me explaining how the parts worked, I fixed it.
I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.
I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams.
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
I tried to get a job as a TV cameraman and they basically told me, 'You're mad, everyone wants these jobs - and if you go to England, you're doubly mad.' But I worked in abattoirs for 10 months to earn my money, then left for London. I didn't even know what a director did.
Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or not I made it in the business. My wife was always there for my successes and failures.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOLD»
Discover the use of
told in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
told and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lies My Teacher
Told Me: Everything Your American History ...
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
2
Folktales
Told Around the World
Collects folktales that have been taken back to their original oral telling from around the globe.
Richard Mercer Dorson, 1978
3
Lies that Chelsea Handler
Told Me
Friends, family, co-workers--they've all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they've lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.
Friends Chelsea's Family, and Other Victims, 2011
4
I Was
Told There'd Be Cake
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays from Sloane Crosley is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory.
Social services stepped in again, but this time they made things much, much worse . . . If Only I Had Told is Esther's personal and very brave memoir that tells the truth about Orkney's 1991 satanic sex scandal.
6
The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Tale of the Greatest Life ...
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
7
The Most Fabulous Story Ever
Told
For a long time after you have seen it, you are likely to believe this must be the most wonderful play in the world.
8
A Fortune-Teller
Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
A bestseller and major prizewinner in Italy, A Fortune-Teller Told Me is a powerful warning against the new missionaries of materialism. From the Hardcover edition.
9
What Einstein
Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
With its zest for the truth, this book will help cooks learn how to make more intelligent choices."—?Publishers Weekly?
10
Now It Can Be
Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project
General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. As the ranking military
General Leslie R. Groves, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOLD»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
told is used in the context of the following news items.
We told the king we had HIV
Once Choden had gone outside, the counsellor told Dorje, "The HIV is very active in your body and also your wife's." Dorje looks pale, the shock visible as he ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Greece disqualified from new IMF bailout, board told
The International Monetary Fund's board has been told Athens' high debt levels and poor record of implementing reforms disqualify Greece from a third IMF ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
David Sweat's secrets: 5 things escaped prisoner told law enforcement
David Sweat told investigators he separated from fellow escapee Richard Matt five days before Sweat was captured. He said Matt was slowing him down ... «CNN, Jul 15»
6 Things I Wish I Had Never Told My Children
My oldest son just graduated high school and is now embarking on the next leg of his journey that will bring him closer to real life. I have come to realize that ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
UD told to improve student diversity now
But some lawmakers and civil rights leaders say the school still has a long way to go – especially when it comes to African Americans. The General Assembly ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»
Bureaucrats told to provide Rob Nicholson 3 terrorism-related …
Foreign Affairs bureaucrats were told this spring to produce three terrorism-related statements for minister Rob Nicholson to make to the media each week, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
Royals told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime
Royals told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime. Historian urges that secret correspondence be made public to reveal the truth after Queen's Nazi salute ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Ontario couple outraged after 8-year-old daughter told to cover up at …
GUELPH, Ont. – A Fergus, Ont. couple is outraged with the city after a lifeguard told their eight-year-old daughter to cover up at a public park wading pool over ... «Globalnews.ca, Jun 15»
Dylann Roof 'Almost Didn't Go Through' With Charleston Church …
Roof told police that he "almost didn't go through with it because everyone was so nice to him," sources told NBC News — but he decided he had to "go through ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
Song Premiere: Adult Mom, 'Told Ya So'
Adult Mom's Steph Knipe says "Told Ya So" is a "happy queer" song, as "it's a song that acts as a space of self-validation." Adult Mom's music deals deeply and ... «NPR, Jun 15»
