Skip to content
fluentbyear

ENGLISH VERB

turn away

to bar; to send away

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: turning away
  • Past participle: turned away

Conjugation

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

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I bar
  2. you you bar
  3. he, she, it he bars
  4. we we bar
  5. they they bar

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I barred
  2. you you barred
  3. he, she, it he barred
  4. we we bar
  5. they they barred

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

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

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Turn away!

How to use turn away

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

  1. Present

    The club turns away anyone without an ID.

    The nightclub bars anyone without ID.

  2. Past

    The restaurant turned us away, it was full.

    The restaurant turned us away; it was full.

  3. Future

    They will turn away latecomers after eight.

    They'll turn away anyone who arrives late after eight.

  4. Present continuous

    The hospital is turning away visitors because of the flu.

    The hospital is barring visitors because of the flu.

  5. Present perfect

    We have never turned away a hungry person.

    We never turned away a hungry person.

  6. Conditional

    I would never turn away a friend in trouble.

    I would never turn away a friend in trouble.

  7. Imperative

    Turn away anyone who isn't on the list.

    Turn away anyone who isn't on the list.

Good to know

  • The object goes in the middle: "turn people away", "they turned us away at the door".
  • It can also mean turning your face away: "she turned away and cried".

Where you hear turn away

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

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • We don't turn anyone away at the center. We don't turn anyone away at the center.
  • The schedule didn't say whether anyone was turned away. The schedule didn't say whether anyone was turned away.
  • We won't turn anyone away. We'll find a bigger room. We won't turn anyone away. We'll find a bigger room.

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 2

  • We don't turn anyone away at the center. We don't turn anyone away at the center.
  • The schedule didn't say whether anyone was turned away. The schedule didn't say whether anyone was turned away.
  • We won't turn anyone away. We'll find a bigger room. We won't turn anyone away. We'll find a bigger room.
20
The document also has limits

Advanced Level 1 · turned away · whether anyone was turned away

Needs a subscription 18
Disagreement about the space

Fluency Level 2 · Not turning anyone away.

Needs a subscription 6
Confirm what is allowed

Fluency Level 3 · We're planning for fifty. If more come, do we turn people away?

Needs a subscription

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.