Conjugation

Follow around

suivre quelqu'un partout

Regular verb, phrasal verb.

Conjugated like want, look, need, flounder around, foam up, fork over

  • Phrasal verb: around

    Only follow changes; around stays the same: followed around, followed around.

  • Object in the middle

    The object can go before around, as the card writes it: follow someone around. A pronoun always does: follow them around.

In speech, the helping verbs shorten: I’m, he’s, we’re, I’ve, I’ll, I’d.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present simple

    Habits, facts, and how things usually are. To say no or ask, add do or does: I don't follow around, he doesn't follow around.

    1. I / you / we / they follow around
    2. he / she / it follows around

  2. Present continuous

    What is happening now, and plans already arranged: we’re leaving tomorrow.

    1. I am following around
    2. you / we / they are following around
    3. he / she / it is following around

  3. Past simple

    A finished action at a past time: yesterday, in 2020. To say no or ask, add did: I didn't follow around.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they followed around

  4. Future with going to

    Plans and intentions, and what you can see coming: it’s going to rain.

    1. I am going to follow around
    2. you / we / they are going to follow around
    3. he / she / it is going to follow around

  5. Imperative

    Orders, advice, and instructions. Let’s suggests doing it together. To say no: don't follow around.

    1. (you) follow around
    2. let's follow around
BeginnerExperiences, what you were doing, and the future with will.Present perfect · Past continuous · Future with willAlso show the Beginner tenses (3)

  1. Present perfect

    The past linked to now: experiences, news, and what started earlier and still goes on: I’ve lived here for two years.

    1. I / you / we / they have followed around
    2. he / she / it has followed around

  2. Past continuous

    An action in progress at a past moment, often interrupted: I was cooking when you called.

    1. I / he / she / it was following around
    2. you / we / they were following around

  3. Future with will

    Predictions, promises, offers, and decisions made now: I’ll help you.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will follow around
IntermediateHow long something has lasted, the past before the past, and what would happen.Present perfect continuous · Past perfect · Future continuous · Conditional · Conditional perfectAlso show the Intermediate tenses (5)

  1. Present perfect continuous

    An activity from the past until now, and how long it has lasted: I’ve been waiting for an hour.

    1. I / you / we / they have been following around
    2. he / she / it has been following around

  2. Past perfect

    The past before another past moment: when I arrived, the train had left.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had followed around

  3. Future continuous

    An action in progress at a future moment: this time tomorrow, I’ll be flying.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will be following around

  4. Conditional

    What would happen in an imagined situation, and polite requests: if I had time, I would help.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would follow around

  5. Conditional perfect

    What would have happened, but did not: if I had known, I would have come.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have followed around
AdvancedWhat will have happened, and the longer continuous tenses.Past perfect continuous · Future perfect · Future perfect continuous · Conditional continuous · Conditional perfect continuousAlso show the Advanced tenses (5)

  1. Past perfect continuous

    An activity that had been going on until a past moment: she was tired because she had been running.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had been following around

  2. Future perfect

    An action finished before a future moment: by Friday, I’ll have finished.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have followed around

  3. Future perfect continuous

    How long an activity will have lasted at a future moment: in June, I’ll have been working here for a year.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have been following around

  4. Conditional continuous

    An action that would be in progress in an imagined situation: if I were rich, I would be traveling now.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would be following around

  5. Conditional perfect continuous

    An activity that would have been going on in an imagined past: without the rain, we would have been playing outside.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have been following around