regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

spell - model verb Two past participles: a regular one ending -ed, and an irregular one formed by replacing the final -l of the infinitive with -t.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. dwell
  2. misspell
  3. respell
  4. smell
  5. spill

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smell

It is conjugated like: spell
American English favors the past participle and preterit form ending in -ed, while British English more commonly uses the form ending in -t.
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) smell
smelling
smelled, smelt
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Ismell
yousmell
he, she, itsmells
wesmell
yousmell
theysmell
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Ismelled, smelt
yousmelled, smelt
he, she, itsmelled, smelt
wesmelled, smelt
yousmelled, smelt
theysmelled, smelt
future
Iwill smell
youwill smell
he, she, itwill smell
wewill smell
youwill smell
theywill smell

Perfect tensesThis verb has multiple forms of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present perfect
Ihave smelled
youhave smelled
he, she, ithas smelled
wehave smelled
youhave smelled
theyhave smelled
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad smelled
youhad smelled
he, she, ithad smelled
wehad smelled
youhad smelled
theyhad smelled
future perfect
Iwill have smelled
youwill have smelled
he, she, itwill have smelled
wewill have smelled
youwill have smelled
theywill have smelled

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam smelling
youare smelling
he, she, itis smelling
weare smelling
youare smelling
theyare smelling
past continuous
Iwas smelling
youwere smelling
he, she, itwas smelling
wewere smelling
youwere smelling
theywere smelling
present emphatic
Ido smell
youdo smell
he, she, itdoes smell
wedo smell
youdo smell
theydo smell
past emphatic
Idid smell
youdid smell
he, she, itdid smell
wedid smell
youdid smell
theydid smell

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been smelling
youhave been smelling
he, she, ithas been smelling
wehave been smelling
youhave been smelling
theyhave been smelling
past perfect
Ihad been smelling
youhad been smelling
he, she, ithad been smelling
wehad been smelling
youhad been smelling
theyhad been smelling
future
Iwill be smelling
youwill be smelling
he, she, itwill be smelling
wewill be smelling
youwill be smelling
theywill be smelling
future perfect
Iwill have been smelling
youwill have been smelling
he, she, itwill have been smelling
wewill have been smelling
youwill have been smelling
theywill have been smelling

ConditionalThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Iwould smell
youwould smell
he, she, itwould smell
wewould smell
youwould smell
theywould smell
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have smelled
youwould have smelled
he, she, itwould have smelled
wewould have smelled
youwould have smelled
theywould have smelled
present continuous
Iwould be smelling
youwould be smelling
he, she, itwould be smelling
wewould be smelling
youwould be smelling
theywould be smelling
perfect continuous
Iwould have been smelling
youwould have been smelling
he, she, itwould have been smelling
wewould have been smelling
youwould have been smelling
theywould have been smelling

Imperative

present
(you)smell!
(we)let's smell!
(you)smell!

SubjunctiveThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Ismell
yousmell
he, she, itsmell
wesmell
yousmell
theysmell
past
Ismelled, smelt
yousmelled, smelt
he, she, itsmelled, smelt
wesmelled, smelt
yousmelled, smelt
theysmelled, smelt
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad smelled
youhad smelled
he, she, ithad smelled
wehad smelled
youhad smelled
theyhad smelled
future
Ishould smell
youshould smell
he, she, itshould smell
weshould smell
youshould smell
theyshould smell

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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