What is the Past Tense of Talk? Forms of the Verb Talk


Past tense of talk! The verb talk is a regular verb. Its past tense and past participle are talked. Below are the meaning and principal forms of verb talk.
Meaning: to speak to someone
Infinitive: to talk
Present Form: talk (3rd person singular talks)
Past/Second Form: talked
Past Participle/Third Form: talked
Present Participle/-ing Form: talking
past tense of talk

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Conjugation of the Verb Talk (Active Voice)

Talk Present Simple Tense
  • I/We talk
  • We talk
  • He/She/It talks
  • You/They talk
Talk Past Simple Tense
  • I/We talked
  • He/She/It talked
  • You/They talked
Future Simple Tense
  • I/We will talk
  • He/She/It will talk
  • You/They will talk
Present Continuous Tense
  • I am talking
  • We are talking
  • He/She/It is talking
  • You/They are talking
Past Continuous Tense
  • I was talking
  • We were talking
  • He/She/It was talking
  • You/They were talking
Future Continuous Tense
  • I will be talking
  • He/She/It will be talking
  • We/You/They will be talking
Present Perfect Tense
  • I/We have talked 
  • He/She/It has talked
  • You/They have talked
Past Perfect Tense
  • I/We had talked 
  • He/She/It had talked
  • You/They had talked
Future Perfect Tense
  • I/We will have talked 
  • He/She/It will have talked
  • You/They will have talked
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
  • I have been talking 
  • He/She/It has been talking 
  • We/You/They have been talking 
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
  • I had been talking 
  • He/She/It had been talking 
  • We/You/They had been talking 
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
  • I will have been talking 
  • He/She/It will have been talking 
  • We/You/They will have been talking 

Conjugation of the Verb Talk (Passive Voice)

Present Simple Tense
Structure: Subject + am/is/are + talk (past participle). 
  • I am talked
  • We are talked
  • You are talked
  • He/She/It is talked
  • They are talked
Past Simple Tense
Structure: Subject + was/were + talk (past participle).
  • I was talked
  • We were talked
  • You were talked
  • He/She/It was talked
  • They were talked
Future Simple Tense 
Structure: Subject + will be + talk (past participle).
  • I will be talked
  • We will be talked
  • You will be talked
  • He/She/It will be talked
  • They will be talked
Present Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject + am/is/are + being + talk (past participle).
  • I am being talked
  • We are being talked
  • You are being talked
  • He/She/it is being talked
  • They are being talked
Past Continuous Tense 
Structure: Subject + was/were + being + talk (past participle).
  • I was being talked
  • We were being talked
  • You were being talked
  • He/She/it was being talked
  • They were being talked
Future Continuous Tense
Structure: Subject + will + be + being + talk (past participle).
  • I will be being talked
  • We will be being talked
  • You will be being talked
  • He/She/It will be being talked
  • They will be being talked
Present Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + have + been + talk (past participle).
  • I have been talked
  • We have been talked
  • You have been talked
  • He/She/It has been talked
  • They have been talked
Past Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + had + been + talk (past participle).
  • I had been talked
  • We had been talked
  • You had been talked
  • He/She/It had been talked
  • They had been talked
Future Perfect Tense
Structure: Subject + will + have + been + talk (past participle).
  • I will have been talked
  • We will have been talked
  • You will have been talked
  • He/She/It will have been talked
  • They will have been talked

Talk Subjunctive Mood Active Voice

Present
  • If I talk
  • If we talk 
  • If you talk 
  • If he/she/it talk 
  • If they talk 
Past 
  • If I talked
  •  If we talked 
  • If you talked 
  • If he/she/it talked 
  • If they talked 
Future 
  • If I should talk 
  • If we should talk 
  • If you should talk 
  • If he/she/it should talk 
  • If they should talk

Talk Subjunctive Mood Passive Voice

Present
If I be talked
If we be talked
If you be talked
If he/she/it be talked
If they be talked
Past 
If I were talked
If we were talked
If you were talked
If he/she/It were talked
If they were talked
Future
If I should be talked
If we should be talked
If you should be talked
If he/she/it should be talked
If they should be talked
 
Sentences with Talk
  • That boy has just started to talk. (Infinitive)
  • He talks to his boos on the phone every day. (present third person singular)
  • He will talk at the meeting next week.
  • They were talking about my new car. (the present participle)
  • We talked English together for practice. (past and past participle)

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