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Conjugation of wash

wash · washed · washed

Meaning
clean with water

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Indicative

Simple present

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

Iwash
youwash
he/she/itwashes
wewash
theywash

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

Iwashed
youwashed
he/she/itwashed
wewashed
theywashed

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

Ihave washed
youhave washed
he/she/ithas washed
wehave washed
theyhave washed

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

Ihad washed
youhad washed
he/she/ithad washed
wehad washed
theyhad washed

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

Iwill have washed
youwill have washed
he/she/itwill have washed
wewill have washed
theywill have washed

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

Iwould have washed
youwould have washed
he/she/itwould have washed
wewould have washed
theywould have washed

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youwash
let'slet's wash
negative youdo not wash
negative let'slet's not wash

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

wash

Perfect infinitive

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

to have washed

Present participle (gerund)

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

washing

Past participle

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

washed

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