irregular

Conjugation of cling

cling · clung · clung

Meaning: hold on tightly

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like cling · clung · clung

Indicative

Simple present

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

I	cling
you	cling
he/she/it	clings
we	cling
they	cling

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

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

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	cling
let's	let's cling
negative you	do not cling
negative let's	let's not cling

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	cling

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have clung

Present participle (gerund)

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

	clinging

Past participle

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

	clung

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Indicative · Present perfect continuous

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