irregular

Conjugation of forgo

forgo · forwent · forgone

Meaning: do without something

Conjugated like go.

Verbs conjugated like go

Indicative

Simple present

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

I	forgo
you	forgo
he/she/it	forgoes
we	forgo
they	forgo

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

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

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	forgo
let's	let's forgo
negative you	do not forgo
negative let's	let's not forgo

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	forgo

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have forgone

Present participle (gerund)

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

	forgoing

Past participle

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

	forgone

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Future continuous

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