tape – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tape

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tape
Participle: taped
Gerund: taping

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of tape

Indicative

Present

Itape
youtape
he;she;ittapes
wetape
youtape
theytape

Perfect

Ihave taped
youhave taped
he;she;ithas taped
wehave taped
youhave taped
theyhave taped

Past

Itaped
youtaped
he;she;ittaped
wetaped
youtaped
theytaped

Pluperfect

Ihad taped
youhad taped
he;she;ithad taped
wehad taped
youhad taped
theyhad taped

Future

Iwill tape
youwill tape
he;she;itwill tape
wewill tape
youwill tape
theywill tape

Future Perfect

Iwill have taped
youwill have taped
he;she;itwill have taped
wewill have taped
youwill have taped
theywill have taped

Subjunctive

Present

Itape
youtape
he;she;ittape
wetape
youtape
theytape

Perfect

Ihave taped
youhave taped
he;she;ithave taped
wehave taped
youhave taped
theyhave taped

Imperfect

Itaped
youtaped
he;she;ittaped
wetaped
youtaped
theytaped

Pluperfect

Ihad taped
youhad taped
he;she;ithad taped
wehad taped
youhad taped
theyhad taped

Conditional

Present

Iwould tape
youwould tape
he;she;itwould tape
wewould tape
youwould tape
theywould tape

Perfect

Iwould have taped
youwould have taped
he;she;itwould have taped
wewould have taped
youwould have taped
theywould have taped

Imperative

youtape
weLet's tape
youtape

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam taping
youare taping
he;she;itis taping
weare taping
youare taping
theyare taping

Perfect

Ihave been taping
youhave been taping
he;she;ithas been taping
wehave been taping
youhave been taping
theyhave been taping

Past

Iwas taping
youwere taping
he;she;itwas taping
wewere taping
youwere taping
theywere taping

Pluperfect

Ihad been taping
youhad been taping
he;she;ithad been taping
wehad been taping
youhad been taping
theyhad been taping

Future

Iwill be taping
youwill be taping
he;she;itwill be taping
wewill be taping
youwill be taping
theywill be taping

Future Perfect

Iwill have been taping
youwill have been taping
he;she;itwill have been taping
wewill have been taping
youwill have been taping
theywill have been taping

Conditional

Present

Iwould be taping
youwould be taping
he;she;itwould be taping
wewould be taping
youwould be taping
theywould be taping

Perfect

Iwould have been taping
youwould have been taping
he;she;itwould have been taping
wewould have been taping
youwould have been taping
theywould have been taping

Other

Verbs similar to 'tape'

ape, cape, gape, jape, kape, nape, rape, take, tale, tame,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Old English tæppa
3. Middle English tape
4. English tape
5. From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”); further origin unclear.
6. Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low German tappen, tāpen (“to grab, pull, rip, tear, snatch”), Middle High German zāfen, zāven (“to pull, tear”). See: Old Frisian 'tapia', Middle High German 'zāfen'.

Verbs referencing "tape"

Danish tape, Norwegian tape, Norwegian teipe.

Sample Sentences

  • Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
  • The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover. [2007, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Programmed to Kill:]
  • You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  • The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers.
  • “Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?”
  • Wild cheers.
  • “C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???” [2016, Doug Stanhope, Digging Up Mother:]
  • I've finally got this thing taped.