irregular

Conjugation of bite

bite · bit · bitten

Meaning: cut something with the teeth

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like bite · bit · bitten

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Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

I	bite
you	bite
he/she/it	bites
we	bite
they	bite

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

I	am biting
you	are biting
he/she/it	is biting
we	are biting
they	are biting

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

I	bit
you	bit
he/she/it	bit
we	bit
they	bit

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

I	was biting
you	were biting
he/she/it	was biting
we	were biting
they	were biting

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

I	have bitten
you	have bitten
he/she/it	has bitten
we	have bitten
they	have bitten

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

I	have been biting
you	have been biting
he/she/it	has been biting
we	have been biting
they	have been biting

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

I	had bitten
you	had bitten
he/she/it	had bitten
we	had bitten
they	had bitten

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

I	had been biting
you	had been biting
he/she/it	had been biting
we	had been biting
they	had been biting

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

I	will bite
you	will bite
he/she/it	will bite
we	will bite
they	will bite

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

I	will be biting
you	will be biting
he/she/it	will be biting
we	will be biting
they	will be biting

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

I	will have bitten
you	will have bitten
he/she/it	will have bitten
we	will have bitten
they	will have bitten

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

I	will have been biting
you	will have been biting
he/she/it	will have been biting
we	will have been biting
they	will have been biting

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

I	would bite
you	would bite
he/she/it	would bite
we	would bite
they	would bite

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

I	would be biting
you	would be biting
he/she/it	would be biting
we	would be biting
they	would be biting

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

I	would have bitten
you	would have bitten
he/she/it	would have bitten
we	would have bitten
they	would have bitten

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

I	would have been biting
you	would have been biting
he/she/it	would have been biting
we	would have been biting
they	would have been biting

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

you	bite
let's	let's bite
negative you	do not bite
negative let's	let's not bite

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

	bite

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

	to have bitten

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

	biting

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

	bitten

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present perfect continuous

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