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.
| I | work |
|---|---|
| you | work |
| he/she/it | works |
| we | work |
| they | work |
Present continuous
Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.
| I | am working |
|---|---|
| you | are working |
| he/she/it | is working |
| we | are working |
| they | are working |
Simple past
Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.
| I | worked |
|---|---|
| you | worked |
| he/she/it | worked |
| we | worked |
| they | worked |
Past continuous
Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.
| I | was working |
|---|---|
| you | were working |
| he/she/it | was working |
| we | were working |
| they | were working |
Present perfect
Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.
| I | have worked |
|---|---|
| you | have worked |
| he/she/it | has worked |
| we | have worked |
| they | have worked |
Present perfect continuous
Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.
| I | have been working |
|---|---|
| you | have been working |
| he/she/it | has been working |
| we | have been working |
| they | have been working |
Past perfect
Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.
| I | had worked |
|---|---|
| you | had worked |
| he/she/it | had worked |
| we | had worked |
| they | had worked |
Past perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.
| I | had been working |
|---|---|
| you | had been working |
| he/she/it | had been working |
| we | had been working |
| they | had been working |
Simple future
Use it for future action with will: she will write.
| I | will work |
|---|---|
| you | will work |
| he/she/it | will work |
| we | will work |
| they | will work |
Future continuous
Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.
| I | will be working |
|---|---|
| you | will be working |
| he/she/it | will be working |
| we | will be working |
| they | will be working |
Future perfect
Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.
| I | will have worked |
|---|---|
| you | will have worked |
| he/she/it | will have worked |
| we | will have worked |
| they | will have worked |
Future perfect continuous
Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.
| I | will have been working |
|---|---|
| you | will have been working |
| he/she/it | will have been working |
| we | will have been working |
| they | will have been working |
Conditional
Present conditional
Use it for imagined results: she would write.
| I | would work |
|---|---|
| you | would work |
| he/she/it | would work |
| we | would work |
| they | would work |
Present continuous conditional
Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.
| I | would be working |
|---|---|
| you | would be working |
| he/she/it | would be working |
| we | would be working |
| they | would be working |
Perfect conditional
Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.
| I | would have worked |
|---|---|
| you | would have worked |
| he/she/it | would have worked |
| we | would have worked |
| they | would have worked |
Perfect continuous conditional
Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.
| I | would have been working |
|---|---|
| you | would have been working |
| he/she/it | would have been working |
| we | would have been working |
| they | would have been working |
Imperative
Imperative (you / let's)
Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.
| you | work |
|---|---|
| let's | let's work |
| negative you | do not work |
| negative let's | let'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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