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ENGLISH VERB

delay

to delay

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: delaying
  • Past participle: delayed

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I delay
  2. you you delay
  3. he, she, it he delays
  4. we we delay
  5. they they delay

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I delayed
  2. you you delayed
  3. he, she, it he delayed
  4. we we delay
  5. they they delayed

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. delay!

How to use delay

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

  1. Present

    Fog often delays flights at this airport.

    Fog frequently delays flights at this airport.

  2. Past

    The accident delayed traffic for two hours.

    The accident delayed traffic for two hours.

  3. Future

    The strike will delay the trains tomorrow.

    The strike will delay the trains tomorrow.

  4. Present continuous

    The rain is delaying the game.

    The rain is delaying the game.

  5. Present perfect

    The bank has delayed the payment again.

    The bank delayed the payment again.

  6. Conditional

    A new supplier would delay the project.

    A new supplier would delay the project.

  7. Imperative

    Don't delay, the offer ends tonight.

    Don't delay, the offer ends tonight.

Good to know

  • "The flight is delayed" is "o voo está atrasado"; "delay" is also the noun atraso: "a two-hour delay".
  • "Delay" means to delay something; chegar atrasado is "be late".

Where you hear delay

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • One late delivery delays everything. A late delivery delays everything.
  • The wrong address delayed the flyers. The wrong address delayed the flyers.
  • A long line will delay the circle. A long line will delay the circle.
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We need to postpone part of it

Intermediate Level 3 · has been delayed · have been delayed

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