Conjugation of return
return · returned · returned
- Meaning
- go or give back
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Indicative
Simple present
Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.
| I | return |
|---|---|
| you | return |
| he/she/it | returns |
| we | return |
| they | return |
Present continuous
Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.
| I | am returning |
|---|---|
| you | are returning |
| he/she/it | is returning |
| we | are returning |
| they | are returning |
Simple past
Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.
| I | returned |
|---|---|
| you | returned |
| he/she/it | returned |
| we | returned |
| they | returned |
Past continuous
Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.
| I | was returning |
|---|---|
| you | were returning |
| he/she/it | was returning |
| we | were returning |
| they | were returning |
Present perfect
Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.
| I | have returned |
|---|---|
| you | have returned |
| he/she/it | has returned |
| we | have returned |
| they | have returned |
Present perfect continuous
Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.
| I | have been returning |
|---|---|
| you | have been returning |
| he/she/it | has been returning |
| we | have been returning |
| they | have been returning |
Past perfect
Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.
| I | had returned |
|---|---|
| you | had returned |
| he/she/it | had returned |
| we | had returned |
| they | had returned |
Past perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.
| I | had been returning |
|---|---|
| you | had been returning |
| he/she/it | had been returning |
| we | had been returning |
| they | had been returning |
Simple future
Use it for future action with will: she will write.
| I | will return |
|---|---|
| you | will return |
| he/she/it | will return |
| we | will return |
| they | will return |
Future continuous
Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.
| I | will be returning |
|---|---|
| you | will be returning |
| he/she/it | will be returning |
| we | will be returning |
| they | will be returning |
Future perfect
Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.
| I | will have returned |
|---|---|
| you | will have returned |
| he/she/it | will have returned |
| we | will have returned |
| they | will have returned |
Future perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.
| I | will have been returning |
|---|---|
| you | will have been returning |
| he/she/it | will have been returning |
| we | will have been returning |
| they | will have been returning |
Conditional
Present conditional
Use it for imagined results: she would write.
| I | would return |
|---|---|
| you | would return |
| he/she/it | would return |
| we | would return |
| they | would return |
Present continuous conditional
Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.
| I | would be returning |
|---|---|
| you | would be returning |
| he/she/it | would be returning |
| we | would be returning |
| they | would be returning |
Perfect conditional
Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.
| I | would have returned |
|---|---|
| you | would have returned |
| he/she/it | would have returned |
| we | would have returned |
| they | would have returned |
Perfect continuous conditional
Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.
| I | would have been returning |
|---|---|
| you | would have been returning |
| he/she/it | would have been returning |
| we | would have been returning |
| they | would have been returning |
Imperative
Imperative (you / let's)
Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.
| you | return |
|---|---|
| let's | let's return |
| negative you | do not return |
| negative let's | let's not return |
Non-finite
Infinitive / to-infinitive
Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.
| return |
Perfect infinitive
Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.
| to have returned |
Present participle (gerund)
Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.
| returning |
Past participle
Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.
| returned |
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Indicative · Present perfect continuous
return