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tell

/tel/

communicate, narrate

Verb forms

Base form

tell

Past Simple

told

Past Participle

told

Example sentences

Base form · tell

Parents tell their children bedtime stories.

Past Simple · told

He told us a fascinating story about his travels.

Past Participle · told

I have told you this a hundred times.

Conjugation pattern

The past simple and the past participle share the same form.

Verbs with the same pattern