irregular

Conjugation of swing

swing · swung · swung

Meaning: move back and forth

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	swing
you	swing
he/she/it	swings
we	swing
they	swing

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

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

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

you	swing
let's	let's swing
negative you	do not swing
negative let's	let's not swing

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

	swing

Perfect infinitive

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

	to have swung

Present participle (gerund)

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

	swinging

Past participle

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

	swung

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Future perfect

swing