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ENGLISH VERB

clarify

to clarify

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: clarifying
  • Past participle: clarified

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I clarify
  2. you you clarify
  3. he, she, it he clarifies
  4. we we clarify
  5. they they clarify

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I clarified
  2. you you clarified
  3. he, she, it he clarified
  4. we we clarify
  5. they they clarified

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. clarify!

How to use clarify

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

  1. Present

    The footnote clarifies what the fee covers.

    The footnote clarifies what the fee covers.

  2. Past

    The doctor clarified the instructions before I left.

    The doctor clarified the instructions before I left.

  3. Future

    I will clarify the dates with the hotel tonight.

    I'll clarify the dates with the hotel tonight.

  4. Present continuous

    I am just clarifying one point, not arguing.

    I'm just clarifying a point, not arguing.

  5. Present perfect

    The airline has clarified its baggage policy.

    The airline clarified the baggage policy.

  6. Conditional

    One example would clarify the whole idea.

    An example would clarify the whole idea.

  7. Imperative

    Clarify who pays for parking before you sign.

    Clarify who pays for parking before you sign.

Good to know

  • "Just to clarify" is the way to open a sentence when you want to avoid a misunderstanding.

Where you hear clarify

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

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 3

  • Let me clarify the scope. Let me clarify the scope.
  • Had we clarified it in writing, we could have shown him. Had we clarified it in writing, we could have shown him.
  • I'll clarify it in the email. I'll clarify it in the email.
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If we had defined this earlier

Advanced Level 3 · Had we clarified the scope in writing, we could have shown him.

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