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ENGLISH VERB

kid

to joke; to fool

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: kidding
  • Past participle: kidded

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I joke
  2. you you joke
  3. he, she, it he jokes
  4. we we joke
  5. they they joke

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I joked
  2. you you joked
  3. he, she, it he joked
  4. we we joke
  5. they they joked

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I'm going to joke
  2. you you're going to joke
  3. he, she, it he's going to joke
  4. we we're going to joke
  5. they they're going to joke

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I'm joking
  2. you you're joking
  3. he, she, it he's joking
  4. we we're joking
  5. they they're joking

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I've already joked
  2. you you've already joked
  3. he, she, it he's already joked
  4. we we've already joked
  5. they they've already joked

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. joke!

How to use kid

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

  1. Present

    He kids around with everyone at the office.

    He jokes around with everyone in the office.

  2. Past

    I kidded him about his new haircut.

    I made fun of him because of his new haircut.

  3. Future

    Don't worry, I won't kid you about this.

    Don't worry, I won't fool you about that.

  4. Present continuous

    Are you kidding? That's way too expensive!

    Are you kidding? That's way too expensive!

  5. Present perfect

    I have never kidded about money.

    I've never played with money.

  6. Conditional

    I would never kid you about something so serious.

    I would never joke with you about something so serious.

  7. Imperative

    Don't kid yourself, that car is too old.

    Don't be fooled, that car is way too old.

Good to know

  • "Are you kidding?" and "No kidding!" are ways to say "tá brincando?", "sério?".
  • "Kid" also means child: "the kids are at school".

Where you hear kid

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 2

  • You're kidding! You're kidding!
  • I was just kidding. I was just kidding.
  • Don't worry. I won't kid around before your talk. Don't worry. I won't kid around before your talk.
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I Don't Want to Get into That

Intermediate Level 2 · I'm not kidding

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