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ENGLISH VERB

claim

to allege

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: claiming
  • Past participle: claimed

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I allege
  2. you you allege
  3. he, she, it he alleges
  4. we we allege
  5. they they allege

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I alleged
  2. you you alleged
  3. he, she, it he alleged
  4. we we allege
  5. they they alleged

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will allege
  2. you you will allege
  3. he, she, it he will allege
  4. we we will allege
  5. they they will allege

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am alleging
  2. you you are alleging
  3. he, she, it he is alleging
  4. we we are alleging
  5. they they are alleging

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already alleged
  2. you you have already alleged
  3. he, she, it he has already alleged
  4. we we have already alleged
  5. they they have already alleged

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would allege
  2. you you would allege
  3. he, she, it he would allege
  4. we we would allege
  5. they they would allege

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. allege!

How to use claim

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

  1. Present

    He claims he never got the email.

    He alleges that he never received the email.

  2. Past

    The driver claimed the light was green.

    The driver claimed that the light was green.

  3. Future

    They will claim the delay was our fault.

    They will claim that the delay was our fault.

  4. Present continuous

    She is claiming the vase was already broken.

    She is claiming that the vase was already broken.

  5. Present perfect

    Two people have claimed the same seat.

    Two people claimed the same place.

  6. Conditional

    I would claim the money back from the airline.

    I would ask the airline for a refund.

  7. Imperative

    Claim your bags at carousel number four.

    Pick up your bags at carousel number four.

Good to know

  • "Claim" also means reivindicar: "claim your luggage", "claim a refund"; "baggage claim" is the baggage carousel.

Where you hear claim

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 2

  • The flyer claims to make you fluent in one month. The flyer claims to make you fluent in one month.
  • The neighbor claimed the library was closing. The neighbor claimed the library was closing.
  • The next flyer will claim fifty languages! The next flyer will claim fifty languages!

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • "Walter claims the pot never came back." Too strong. "Walter claims the pot never came back." Too strong.
  • Nobody claimed to know for sure. Nobody claimed to know for sure.
  • We won't claim anything. We'll say "remembers." We won't claim anything. We'll say "remembers."
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Intermediate Level 2 · claims

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Advanced Level 1 · claims

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