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ENGLISH VERB

help yourself

to help oneself

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: helping yourself
  • Past participle: helped yourself

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I help myself
  2. you you help yourself
  3. he, she, it he helps himself
  4. we we help ourselves
  5. they they help themselves

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I helped myself
  2. you you helped yourself
  3. he, she, it he helped himself
  4. we we help ourselves
  5. they they helped themselves

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I'm going to help myself
  2. you you're going to help yourself
  3. he, she, it he's going to help himself
  4. we we're going to help ourselves
  5. they they're going to help themselves

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am helping myself
  2. you you are helping yourself
  3. he, she, it he is helping himself
  4. we we are helping ourselves
  5. they they are helping themselves

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already helped myself
  2. you you have already helped yourself
  3. he, she, it he has already helped himself
  4. we we have already helped ourselves
  5. they they have already helped themselves

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would help myself
  2. you you would help yourself
  3. he, she, it he would help himself
  4. we we would help ourselves
  5. they they would help themselves

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. help yourself!

How to use help yourself

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

  1. Present

    At brunch, you help yourself from the buffet.

    At brunch, you help yourself at the buffet.

  2. Past

    I helped myself to a second slice of pie.

    I helped myself to a second slice of cake.

  3. Future

    You will help yourself to drinks, I'll handle the food.

    You help yourself to the drinks, I'll take care of the food.

  4. Present continuous

    The guests are helping themselves to dessert.

    The guests are helping themselves to dessert.

  5. Present perfect

    I see you have helped yourself to my fries.

    I see you helped yourself to my fries.

  6. Conditional

    I would help myself, but is this for everyone?

    I would help myself, but is that for everyone?

  7. Imperative

    Help yourself, there's plenty of food.

    Help yourself, there's plenty of food.

Good to know

  • "Help yourself to" + the food: "help yourself to some cake". For multiple people, "help yourselves".
  • In the first person it's "help myself": "I'll help myself to coffee".

Where you hear help yourself

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • At the food tables, you help yourself. At the food tables, everyone serves themselves.
  • Did you help yourself to tea? Did you help yourself to tea?
  • Thank you. I'll help myself to tea. Thank you. I'll help myself to tea.
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Intermediate Level 3 · help yourself to tea

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