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Conjugation of steal

steal · stole · stolen

Meaning: take dishonestly

Conjugated like speak.

Verbs conjugated like speak

Indicative

Simple present

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

I	steal
you	steal
he/she/it	steals
we	steal
they	steal

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

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

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	steal
let's	let's steal
negative you	do not steal
negative let's	let's not steal

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	steal

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have stolen

Present participle (gerund)

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

	stealing

Past participle

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

	stolen

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Indicative · Present perfect

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