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ENGLISH VERB

triple

to triple

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: tripling
  • Past participle: tripled

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I triple
  2. you you triple
  3. he, she, it he triples
  4. we we triple
  5. they they triple

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I tripled
  2. you you tripled
  3. he, she, it he tripled
  4. we we triple
  5. they they tripled

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. triple!

How to use triple

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

  1. Present

    Prices triple in this town during the festival.

    Prices triple in this city during the festival.

  2. Past

    Our rent tripled in five years.

    Our rent tripled in five years.

  3. Future

    The new highway will triple the traffic here.

    The new highway will triple the traffic here.

  4. Present continuous

    Online orders are tripling every holiday season.

    Online orders are tripling each holiday season.

  5. Present perfect

    The number of students has tripled since I started.

    The number of students has tripled since I started.

  6. Conditional

    A second location would triple our costs.

    A second store would triple our costs.

  7. Imperative

    Triple the recipe, twenty people are coming.

    Triple the revenue, twenty people will come.

Good to know

  • "Double" is dobrar and "triple" is triplicar; they can also be adjectives: "a triple room", "a double espresso".

Where you hear triple

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

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 2

  • Free coffee triples the visitors. Free coffee triples the visitors.
  • The downtown library tripled their visitors. The downtown library tripled their visitors.
  • Nothing is going to triple with ten chairs. Nothing is going to triple with ten chairs.
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Advanced Level 2 · The downtown library did this and tripled their visitors. · Tripled? With what budget?

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