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Conjugation of hit

hit · hit · hit

Meaning
strike with force

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like put · put · put

Indicative

Simple present

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

Ihit
youhit
he/she/ithits
wehit
theyhit

Present continuous

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

Iam hitting
youare hitting
he/she/itis hitting
weare hitting
theyare hitting

Simple past

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

Ihit
youhit
he/she/ithit
wehit
theyhit

Past continuous

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

Iwas hitting
youwere hitting
he/she/itwas hitting
wewere hitting
theywere hitting

Present perfect

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

Ihave hit
youhave hit
he/she/ithas hit
wehave hit
theyhave hit

Present perfect continuous

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

Ihave been hitting
youhave been hitting
he/she/ithas been hitting
wehave been hitting
theyhave been hitting

Past perfect

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

Ihad hit
youhad hit
he/she/ithad hit
wehad hit
theyhad hit

Past perfect continuous

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

Ihad been hitting
youhad been hitting
he/she/ithad been hitting
wehad been hitting
theyhad been hitting

Simple future

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

Iwill hit
youwill hit
he/she/itwill hit
wewill hit
theywill hit

Future continuous

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

Iwill be hitting
youwill be hitting
he/she/itwill be hitting
wewill be hitting
theywill be hitting

Future perfect

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

Iwill have hit
youwill have hit
he/she/itwill have hit
wewill have hit
theywill have hit

Future perfect continuous

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

Iwill have been hitting
youwill have been hitting
he/she/itwill have been hitting
wewill have been hitting
theywill have been hitting

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

Iwould hit
youwould hit
he/she/itwould hit
wewould hit
theywould hit

Present continuous conditional

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

Iwould be hitting
youwould be hitting
he/she/itwould be hitting
wewould be hitting
theywould be hitting

Perfect conditional

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

Iwould have hit
youwould have hit
he/she/itwould have hit
wewould have hit
theywould have hit

Perfect continuous conditional

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

Iwould have been hitting
youwould have been hitting
he/she/itwould have been hitting
wewould have been hitting
theywould have been hitting

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youhit
let'slet's hit
negative youdo not hit
negative let'slet's not hit

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

hit

Perfect infinitive

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

to have hit

Present participle (gerund)

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

hitting

Past participle

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

hit

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Indicative · Simple future

hit