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Conjugation of work

work · worked · worked

Meaning
do a job ; function

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Indicative

Simple present

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

Iwork
youwork
he/she/itworks
wework
theywork

Present continuous

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

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

Simple past

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

Iworked
youworked
he/she/itworked
weworked
theyworked

Past continuous

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

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

Present perfect

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

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

Present perfect continuous

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

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

Past perfect

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

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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

Simple future

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

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

Future continuous

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

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

Future perfect

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

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

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

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

Perfect conditional

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

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

Perfect continuous conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

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

youwork
let'slet's work
negative youdo not work
negative let'slet's not work

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

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

work

Perfect infinitive

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

to have worked

Present participle (gerund)

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

working

Past participle

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

worked

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Indicative · Present continuous

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