Side with

prendre parti pour

Regular verb, phrasal verb.

Conjugated like like, love, use, scope out, shove out, single out

  • Phrasal verb: with

    Only side changes; with stays the same: sided with, sided with.

In speech, the helping verbs shorten: I’m, he’s, we’re, I’ve, I’ll, I’d.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present simple

    Habits, facts, and how things usually are. To say no or ask, add do or does: I don't side with, he doesn't side with.

    1. I / you / we / they side with
    2. he / she / it sides with

  2. Present continuous

    What is happening now, and plans already arranged: we’re leaving tomorrow.

    1. I am siding with
    2. you / we / they are siding with
    3. he / she / it is siding with

  3. Past simple

    A finished action at a past time: yesterday, in 2020. To say no or ask, add did: I didn't side with.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they sided with

  4. Future with going to

    Plans and intentions, and what you can see coming: it’s going to rain.

    1. I am going to side with
    2. you / we / they are going to side with
    3. he / she / it is going to side with

  5. Imperative

    Orders, advice, and instructions. Let’s suggests doing it together. To say no: don't side with.

    1. (you) side with
    2. let's side with
BeginnerExperiences, what you were doing, and the future with will.Present perfect · Past continuous · Future with willAlso show the Beginner tenses (3)

  1. Present perfect

    The past linked to now: experiences, news, and what started earlier and still goes on: I’ve lived here for two years.

    1. I / you / we / they have sided with
    2. he / she / it has sided with

  2. Past continuous

    An action in progress at a past moment, often interrupted: I was cooking when you called.

    1. I / he / she / it was siding with
    2. you / we / they were siding with

  3. Future with will

    Predictions, promises, offers, and decisions made now: I’ll help you.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will side with
IntermediateHow long something has lasted, the past before the past, and what would happen.Present perfect continuous · Past perfect · Future continuous · Conditional · Conditional perfectAlso show the Intermediate tenses (5)

  1. Present perfect continuous

    An activity from the past until now, and how long it has lasted: I’ve been waiting for an hour.

    1. I / you / we / they have been siding with
    2. he / she / it has been siding with

  2. Past perfect

    The past before another past moment: when I arrived, the train had left.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had sided with

  3. Future continuous

    An action in progress at a future moment: this time tomorrow, I’ll be flying.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will be siding with

  4. Conditional

    What would happen in an imagined situation, and polite requests: if I had time, I would help.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would side with

  5. Conditional perfect

    What would have happened, but did not: if I had known, I would have come.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have sided with
AdvancedWhat will have happened, and the longer continuous tenses.Past perfect continuous · Future perfect · Future perfect continuous · Conditional continuous · Conditional perfect continuousAlso show the Advanced tenses (5)

  1. Past perfect continuous

    An activity that had been going on until a past moment: she was tired because she had been running.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had been siding with

  2. Future perfect

    An action finished before a future moment: by Friday, I’ll have finished.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have sided with

  3. Future perfect continuous

    How long an activity will have lasted at a future moment: in June, I’ll have been working here for a year.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have been siding with

  4. Conditional continuous

    An action that would be in progress in an imagined situation: if I were rich, I would be traveling now.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would be siding with

  5. Conditional perfect continuous

    An activity that would have been going on in an imagined past: without the rain, we would have been playing outside.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have been siding with