TELL

MEANING

PERFECT

PRESENT

FUTURE

HAVE / HAS + TOLD

WILL HAVE + TOLD

COMMUNICATE

OR

ORDER

Have you told him

to go away?

You won´t have told

me the plan.

PAST

HAD + TOLD

Mom had told me not

to do it.

SIMPLE

TENSES

FUTURE

PAST

WILL + TELL

DID + TELL (neg.-int.)

TOLD (aff.)

The doctor won´t tell

the family the

tragedy.

Did you tell him about the party?

INFINITIVE

PRESENT

PAST

PERFECT

PROGRESSIVE

TO TELL

TELL

TOLD

TOLD

TELLING

PROGRESSIVE

PRESENT

DO / DOES + TELL (neg. / int.)

TELLS - HE, SHE, IT (aff.)

FUTURE

PRESENT

AM, IS, ARE + TELLING

WILL BE + TELLING

She tells the secret to everyone.

We aren´t telling you the truth.

My smile will be telling you everything.

PAST

WAS / WERE + TELLING

Was dad telling me

a good story?

IDIOMATIC FUTURE

AM, IS, ARE + GOING TO TELL

CONVERSATION

Promise you are not

going to tell

a lie.

TELL