I could plead you could plead he could plead we could plead you could plead they could plead
V-ing form
I could be pleading you could be pleading he could be pleading we could be pleading you could be pleading they could be pleading
Perfect
I could have pled, pleaded you could have pled, pleaded he could have pled, pleaded we could have pled, pleaded you could have pled, pleaded they could have pled, pleaded
V-ing perfect
I could have been pleading you could have been pleading he could have been pleading we could have been pleading you could have been pleading they could have been pleading
Negation
Simple form
I could not plead you could not plead he could not plead we could not plead you could not plead they could not plead
V-ing form
I could not be pleading you could not be pleading he could not be pleading we could not be pleading you could not be pleading they could not be pleading
Perfect
I could not have pled, pleaded you could not have pled, pleaded he could not have pled, pleaded we could not have pled, pleaded you could not have pled, pleaded they could not have pled, pleaded
V-ing perfect
I could not have been pleading you could not have been pleading he could not have been pleading we could not have been pleading you could not have been pleading they could not have been pleading
Interrogative form
Simple form
could I plead? could you plead? could he plead? could we plead? could you plead? could they plead?
V-ing form
could I be pleading? could you be pleading? could he be pleading? could we be pleading? could you be pleading? could they be pleading?
Perfect
could I have pled, pleaded? could you have pled, pleaded? could he have pled, pleaded? could we have pled, pleaded? could you have pled, pleaded? could they have pled, pleaded?
V-ing perfect
could I have been pleading? could you have been pleading? could he have been pleading? could we have been pleading? could you have been pleading? could they have been pleading?
Interro-negative form
Simple form
could I not plead? could you not plead? could he not plead? could we not plead? could you not plead? could they not plead?
V-ing form
could I not be pleading? could you not be pleading? could he not be pleading? could we not be pleading? could you not be pleading? could they not be pleading?
Perfect
could I not have pled, pleaded? could you not have pled, pleaded? could he not have pled, pleaded? could we not have pled, pleaded? could you not have pled, pleaded? could they not have pled, pleaded?
V-ing perfect
could I not have been pleading? could you not have been pleading? could he not have been pleading? could we not have been pleading? could you not have been pleading? could they not have been pleading?