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Conjugation of shine

shine · shone / shined · shone / shined

Meaning
give out light

Conjugated like shine.

Indicative

Simple present

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

Ishine
youshine
he/she/itshines
weshine
theyshine

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

Ishone
/shined
youshone
/shined
he/she/itshone
/shined
weshone
/shined
theyshone
/shined

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

Ihave shone
/shined
youhave shone
/shined
he/she/ithas shone
/shined
wehave shone
/shined
theyhave shone
/shined

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

Ihad shone
/shined
youhad shone
/shined
he/she/ithad shone
/shined
wehad shone
/shined
theyhad shone
/shined

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

Iwill have shone
/shined
youwill have shone
/shined
he/she/itwill have shone
/shined
wewill have shone
/shined
theywill have shone
/shined

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

Iwould have shone
/shined
youwould have shone
/shined
he/she/itwould have shone
/shined
wewould have shone
/shined
theywould have shone
/shined

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youshine
let'slet's shine
negative youdo not shine
negative let'slet's not shine

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

shine

Perfect infinitive

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

to have shone
/shined

Present participle (gerund)

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

shining

Past participle

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

shone
/shined

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present perfect

shine