Verb to answer

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Conjugate verb:

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English conjugation of the verb "to answer" in Present Simple Tense

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to answer

Imperative
answer
let's answer
answer

Present Participle
answering

Past Participle
answered

Indicative:

Present

I answer
you answer
he/she/it answers
we answer
you answer
they answer

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to answer

Imperative
do not answer
let's not answer
do not answer

Present Participle
not answering

Past Participle
not answered

Present

I do not answer
you do not answer
he/she/it does not answer
we do not answer
you do not answer
they do not answer

Past

I did not answer
you did not answer
he/she/it did not answer
we did not answer
you did not answer
they did not answer

Present continuous

I am not answering
you are not answering
he/she/it is not answering
we are not answering
you are not answering
they are not answering

Present perfect

I have not answered
you have not answered
he/she/it has not answered
we have not answered
you have not answered
they have not answered

Future

I will not answer
you will not answer
he/she/it will not answer
we will not answer
you will not answer
they will not answer

Future Perfect

I will not have answered
you will not have answered
he/she/it will not have answered
we will not have answered
you will not have answered
they will not have answered

Past continuous

I was not answering
you were not answering
he/she/it was not answering
we were not answering
you were not answering
they were not answering

Past perfect

I had not answered
you had not answered
he/she/it had not answered
we had not answered
you had not answered
they had not answered

Future continuous

I will not be answering
you will not be answering
he/she/it will not be answering
we will not be answering
you will not be answering
they will not be answering

Present perfect continuous

I have not been answering
you have not been answering
he/she/it has not been answering
we have not been answering
you have not been answering
they have not been answering

Past perfect continuous

I had not been answering
you had not been answering
he/she/it had not been answering
we had not been answering
you had not been answering
they had not been answering

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been answering
you will not have been answering
he/she/it will not have been answering
we will not have been answering
you will not have been answering
they will not have been answering

Indicative:

Present

do I answer ?
do you answer ?
does he/she/it answer ?
do we answer ?
do you answer ?
do they answer ?

Past

did I answer ?
did you answer ?
did he/she/it answer ?
did we answer ?
did you answer ?
did they answer ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I answering ?
are you answering ?
is he/she/it answering ?
are we answering ?
are you answering ?
are they answering ?

Present perfect

have I answered ?
have you answered ?
has he/she/it answered ?
have we answered ?
have you answered ?
have they answered ?

Future

will I answer ?
will you answer ?
will he/she/it answer ?
will we answer ?
will you answer ?
will they answer ?

Future Perfect

will I have answered ?
will you have answered ?
will he/she/it have answered ?
will we have answered ?
will you have answered ?
will they have answered ?

Past continuous

was I answering ?
were you answering ?
was he/she/it answering ?
were we answering ?
were you answering ?
were they answering ?

Past perfect

had I answered ?
had you answered ?
had he/she/it answered ?
had we answered ?
had you answered ?
had they answered ?

Future continuous

will I be answering ?
will you be answering ?
will he/she/it be answering ?
will we be answering ?
will you be answering ?
will they be answering ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been answering ?
have you been answering ?
has he/she/it been answering ?
have we been answering ?
have you been answering ?
have they been answering ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been answering ?
had you been answering ?
had he/she/it been answering ?
had we been answering ?
had you been answering ?
had they been answering ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been answering ?
will you have been answering ?
will he/she/it have been answering ?
will we have been answering ?
will you have been answering ?
will they have been answering ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: answer for

Definitions:

- Understand the meaning of
- Give the correct answer or solution to
- React to a stimulus or command
- Respond to a signal
- Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- React verbally
- Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- Match or correspond
- Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- Be liable or accountable

Examples:

- The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
- Answer the riddle
- The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
- Answer the telephone
- The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
- We answered that we would accept the invitation
- This may answer her needs
- The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
- Nothing else will serve
- She must answer for her actions