irregular

Conjugation of string

string · strung · strung

Meaning: put on a string

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like cling · clung · clung

Indicative

Simple present

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

I	string
you	string
he/she/it	strings
we	string
they	string

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

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

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	string
let's	let's string
negative you	do not string
negative let's	let's not string

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	string

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have strung

Present participle (gerund)

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

	stringing

Past participle

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

	strung

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present perfect continuous

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