Conjugation

Phone back

rappeler

Regular verb, phrasal verb.

  • Phrasal verb: back

    Only phone changes; back stays the same: phoned back, phoned back.

  • Object in the middle

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

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 phone back, he doesn't phone back.

    1. I / you / we / they phone back
    2. he / she / it phones back

  2. Present continuous

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

    1. I am phoning back
    2. you / we / they are phoning back
    3. he / she / it is phoning back

  3. Past simple

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

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they phoned back

  4. Future with going to

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

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

  5. Imperative

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

    1. (you) phone back
    2. let's phone back