
Regular verb: dilly-dally - dilly-dallied - dilly-dallied
Present | Present continuous | Preterite | Preterite continuous |
| I dilly-dally you dilly-dally he dilly-dallies we dilly-dally you dilly-dally they dilly-dally | I'm dilly-dallying you're dilly-dallying he's dilly-dallying we're dilly-dallying you're dilly-dallying they're dilly-dallying | I dilly-dallied you dilly-dallied he dilly-dallied we dilly-dallied you dilly-dallied they dilly-dallied | I was dilly-dallying you were dilly-dallying he was dilly-dallying we were dilly-dallying you were dilly-dallying they were dilly-dallying |
Present perfect | Present perfect continuous | Pluperfect | Pluperfect continuous |
| I've dilly-dallied you've dilly-dallied he's dilly-dallied we've dilly-dallied you've dilly-dallied they've dilly-dallied | I've been dilly-dallying you've been dilly-dallying he's been dilly-dallying we've been dilly-dallying you've been dilly-dallying they've been dilly-dallying | I'd dilly-dallied you'd dilly-dallied he'd dilly-dallied we'd dilly-dallied you'd dilly-dallied they'd dilly-dallied | I'd been dilly-dallying you'd been dilly-dallying he'd been dilly-dallying we'd been dilly-dallying you'd been dilly-dallying they'd been dilly-dallying |
Future | Future continuous | Future perfect | Future perfect continuous |
| I'll dilly-dally you'll dilly-dally he'll dilly-dally we'll dilly-dally you'll dilly-dally they'll dilly-dally | I'll be dilly-dallying you'll be dilly-dallying he'll be dilly-dallying we'll be dilly-dallying you'll be dilly-dallying they'll be dilly-dallying | I'll have dilly-dallied you'll have dilly-dallied he'll have dilly-dallied we'll have dilly-dallied you'll have dilly-dallied they'll have dilly-dallied | I'll have been dilly-dallying you'll have been dilly-dallying he'll have been dilly-dallying we'll have been dilly-dallying you'll have been dilly-dallying they'll have been dilly-dallying |
Present | Present continuous | Past | Past continuous |
| I'd dilly-dally you'd dilly-dally he'd dilly-dally we'd dilly-dally you'd dilly-dally they'd dilly-dally | I'd be dilly-dallying you'd be dilly-dallying he'd be dilly-dallying we'd be dilly-dallying you'd be dilly-dallying they'd be dilly-dallying | I'd have dilly-dallied you'd have dilly-dallied he'd have dilly-dallied we'd have dilly-dallied you'd have dilly-dallied they'd have dilly-dallied | I'd have been dilly-dallying you'd have been dilly-dallying he'd have been dilly-dallying we'd have been dilly-dallying you'd have been dilly-dallying they'd have been dilly-dallying |
Infinitive | Imperative |
Infinitive | Imperative | ||
| to dilly-dally | dilly-dally Let's dilly-dally dilly-dally |
Present | Past | ||
| dilly-dallying | dilly-dallied |