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Irregular verb (past tense) speak

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Infinitive

speak

[spiːk]

Past simple

spoke

spake *

[spəʊk]
[speɪk]

Past participle

spoken

spoke *

[ˈspəʊkən]
[spəʊk]


* This form is obsolete or used only in particular cases or dialects.




Related irregular verbs:

Infinitive

Past simple

Past participle

bespoke
bespake

bespoken
bespoke

forespoke
forespake

forespoken
forespoke

forspoke
forspake

forspoken
forspoke

misspoke
misspake

misspoken
misspoke


Conjugation of the irregular verb [speak]

Conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar). For instance, the verb "break" can be conjugated to form the words break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking.


The term conjugation is applied only to the inflection of verbs, and not of other parts of speech (inflection of nouns and adjectives is known as declension). Also it is often restricted to denoting the formation of finite forms of a verb – these may be referred to as conjugated forms, as opposed to non-finite forms, such as the infinitive or gerund, which tend not to be marked for most of the grammatical categories.


Conjugation is also the traditional name for a group of verbs that share a similar conjugation pattern in a particular language (a verb class). A verb that does not follow all of the standard conjugation patterns of the language is said to be an irregular verb.

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Present

I
speak 
you
speak 
he/she/it
speaks 
we
speak 
you
speak 
they
speak 

Present Continuous

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

Past simple

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

Past Continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional of the irregular verb [speak]

Causality (also referred to as causation or cause and effect) is influence by which one event, process, state or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause. In general, a process has many causes, which are also said to be causal factors for it, and all lie in its past. An effect can in turn be a cause of, or causal factor for, many other effects, which all lie in its future.


The conditional mood (abbreviated cond) is a grammatical mood used in conditional sentences to express a proposition whose validity is dependent on some condition, possibly counterfactual.


English does not have an inflective (morphological) conditional mood, except in as much as the modal verbs could, might, should and would may in some contexts be regarded as conditional forms of can, may, shall and will respectively. What is called the English conditional mood (or just the conditional) is formed periphrastically using the modal verb would in combination with the bare infinitive of the following verb. (Occasionally should is used in place of would with a first person subject – see shall and will. Also the aforementioned modal verbs could, might and should may replace would in order to express appropriate modality in addition to conditionality.)

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Conditional present

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

Conditional present progressive

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

Conditional perfect

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

Conditional perfect progressive

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

Subjunktiv of the irregular verb [speak]

The subjunctive is a grammatical mood, a feature of the utterance that indicates the speaker's attitude toward it. Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as: wish, emotion, possibility, judgement, opinion, obligation, or action that has not yet occurred; the precise situations in which they are used vary from language to language. The subjunctive is one of the irrealis moods, which refer to what is not necessarily real. It is often contrasted with the indicative, a realis mood which is used principally to indicate that something is a statement of fact.


Subjunctives occur most often, although not exclusively, in subordinate clauses, particularly that-clauses. Examples of the subjunctive in English are found in the sentences "I suggest that you be careful" and "It is important that she stay by your side."


The subjunctive mood in English is a clause type used in some contexts which describe non-actual possibilities, e.g. "It's crucial that you be here" and "It's crucial that he arrive early." In English, the subjunctive is syntactic rather than inflectional, since there is no specifically subjunctive verb form. Rather, subjunctive clauses recruit the bare form of the verb which is also used in a variety of other constructions.

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Present subjunctive

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

Past subjunctive

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

Past perfect subjunctive

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

Imperativ of the irregular verb [speak]

The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request.

An example of a verb used in the imperative mood is the English phrase "Go." Such imperatives imply a second-person subject (you), but some other languages also have first- and third-person imperatives, with the meaning of "let's (do something)" or "let them (do something)" (the forms may alternatively be called cohortative and jussive).

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Imperativ

I
speak 
you
Let´s speak 
he/she/it
speak 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Participle of the irregular verb [speak]

​The past participle is one of the most important parts of English grammar. It’s used to express perfect tenses and to form the passive voice. It’s also a useful tool for writing sentences that describe actions that started in the past and are still happening today. The past participles of irregular verbs don’t follow a specific pattern and can have numerous endings.

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Present participle

I
speaking 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Past participle

I
spoken 
you
 
he/she/it
 
we
 
you
 
they
 

Phrasal verbs of the irregular verb [speak]

speak against

speak for

speak out

speak up













Irregular verbs