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ENGLISH VERB

call it a day

to wrap up for today

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: calling it a day
  • Past participle: called it a day

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I wrap up for today
  2. you you wrap up for today
  3. he, she, it he wraps up for today
  4. we we wrap up for today
  5. they they wrap up for today

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I wrapped up for today
  2. you you wrapped up for today
  3. he, she, it he wrapped up for today
  4. we we wrap up for today
  5. they they wrapped up for today

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I'll wrap up for today
  2. you you'll wrap up for today
  3. he, she, it he'll wrap up for today
  4. we we'll wrap up for today
  5. they they'll wrap up for today

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I'm wrapping up for today
  2. you you're wrapping up for today
  3. he, she, it he's wrapping up for today
  4. we we're wrapping up for today
  5. they they're wrapping up for today

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I've already wrapped up for today
  2. you you've already wrapped up for today
  3. he, she, it he's already wrapped up for today
  4. we we've already wrapped up for today
  5. they they've already wrapped up for today

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would wrap up for today
  2. you you would wrap up for today
  3. he, she, it he would wrap up for today
  4. we we would wrap up for today
  5. they they would wrap up for today

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Wrap up for today!

How to use call it a day

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    On Fridays, we call it a day at four.

    On Fridays we wrap up work at four.

  2. Past

    We called it a day after the rain started.

    We stopped there when it started to rain.

  3. Future

    One more box and we will call it a day.

    One more box and we'll wrap up for today.

  4. Present continuous

    I'm calling it a day, my eyes hurt.

    I'm wrapping up for today; my eyes are hurting.

  5. Present perfect

    The painters have called it a day already.

    The painters have already wrapped up for today.

  6. Conditional

    I would call it a day if I were you.

    I would stop for today if I were you.

  7. Imperative

    Call it a day, you've done enough.

    Wrap up for today — you've already done enough.

Good to know

  • "Let's call it a day" means "let's stop for today"; at night, people also say "call it a night".

Where you hear call it a day

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • At the library, we call it a day at eight. At the library, we call it a day at eight.
  • On Saturday, we called it a day after the cleanup. On Saturday, we called it a day after the cleanup.
  • We'll call it a day when the floor is clean. We'll call it a day when the floor is clean.
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The event ended, the task did not

Intermediate Level 3 · call it a day

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