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ENGLISH VERB

slam

to slam (a door)

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: slamming
  • Past participle: slammed

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I slam
  2. you you slam
  3. he, she, it he slams
  4. we we slam
  5. they they slam

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I slammed
  2. you you slammed
  3. he, she, it he slammed
  4. we we slam
  5. they they slammed

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. slam!

How to use slam

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

  1. Present

    The wind slams that door every time it blows.

    The wind slams that door every time it blows.

  2. Past

    My teenager slammed her door and turned up the music.

    My teenage daughter slammed the door and turned up the volume.

  3. Future

    The screen door will slam if you don't hold it.

    The screen door will slam if you don't hold it.

  4. Present continuous

    Someone is slamming cabinets in the kitchen.

    Someone is slamming the cabinets in the kitchen.

  5. Present perfect

    He has slammed that laptop shut one time too many.

    He has already slammed that laptop shut too many times.

  6. Conditional

    A gust like that would slam every window in the house.

    A gust like that would smash all the windows in the house.

  7. Imperative

    Don't slam the door, the baby is sleeping.

    Don't slam the door, the baby is sleeping.

Good to know

  • "Slam" is to strike hard and loudly: a door, the phone, the brakes: "slam on the brakes".

Where you hear slam

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

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

  • The corridor door slams in the wind. The corridor door slams in the wind.
  • A door slammed and I missed the year. A door slammed and I missed the year.
  • It won't slam if we close it. It won't slam if we close it.
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A date that wasn't clear

Fluency Level 1 · Sorry, a door slammed. I caught the bakery moving, but I missed the year.

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