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ENGLISH VERB

sell out

to sell everything; to sell out

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: selling out
  • Past participle: sold out

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I sell everything
  2. you you sell everything
  3. he, she, it he sells everything
  4. we we sell everything
  5. they they sell everything

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I sold everything
  2. you you sold everything
  3. he, she, it he sold everything
  4. we we sell everything
  5. they they sold everything

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Sell everything!

How to use sell out

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

  1. Present

    The bakery sells out of croissants by nine.

    The bakery sells all the croissants by nine o'clock.

  2. Past

    The concert sold out in twenty minutes.

    The show sold out in twenty minutes.

  3. Future

    The new phone will sell out on the first day.

    The new phone will sell out on the first day.

  4. Present continuous

    Tickets are selling out fast, buy yours today.

    Tickets are selling out fast, buy yours today.

  5. Present perfect

    The small sizes have sold out already.

    The small sizes have already sold out.

  6. Conditional

    A show like that would sell out anywhere in the country.

    A show like that would sell out anywhere in the country.

  7. Imperative

    Sell out the whole stock and we close early.

    Sell everything you have in stock and we'll close earlier.

Good to know

  • "Sold out" is esgotado, on the show poster or in the store; "sell out of" + product: "we sold out of bread".
  • "Sell out" also means se vender, to betray one's own principles for money.

Where you hear sell out

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

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

  • We sell out by noon on Saturdays. We sell out by noon on Saturdays.
  • We sold out by noon. We sold out by noon.
  • We'll sell out before the circle starts. We'll sell out before the circle starts.
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Fluency Level 1 · Dona Marta brought her oven on a cart. We sold out by noon.

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