Conjugation of the verb flinch in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb flinch in English.

Conjugation of the verb flinch in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I flinch
  • you flinch
  • he|she|it flinches
  • we flinch
  • you flinch
  • they flinch

Present Continuous

  • I am flinching
  • you are flinching
  • he|she|it is flinching
  • we are flinching
  • you are flinching
  • they are flinching

Present Perfect

  • I have flinched
  • you have flinched
  • he|she|it has flinched
  • we have flinched
  • you have flinched
  • they have flinched

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been flinching
  • you have been flinching
  • he|she|it has been flinching
  • we have been flinching
  • you have been flinching
  • they have been flinching

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb flinch in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I flinched
  • you flinched
  • he|she|it flinched
  • we flinched
  • you flinched
  • they flinched

Past continuous

  • I was flinching
  • you were flinching
  • he|she|it was flinching
  • we were flinching
  • you were flinching
  • they were flinching

Past perfect

  • I had flinched
  • you had flinched
  • he|she|it had flinched
  • we had flinched
  • you had flinched
  • they had flinched

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been flinching
  • you had been flinching
  • he|she|it had been flinching
  • we had been flinching
  • you had been flinching
  • they had been flinching

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb flinch in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will flinch
  • you will flinch
  • he|she|it will flinch
  • we will flinch
  • you will flinch
  • they will flinch

Future continuous

  • I will be flinching
  • you will be flinching
  • he|she|it will be flinching
  • we will be flinching
  • you will be flinching
  • they will be flinching

Future perfect

  • I will have flinched
  • you will have flinched
  • he|she|it will have flinched
  • we will have flinched
  • you will have flinched
  • they will have flinched

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been flinching
  • you will have been flinching
  • he|she|it will have been flinching
  • we will have been flinching
  • you will have been flinching
  • they will have been flinching

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to flinch

Present participle

  • flinching

Past participle

  • flinched

Perfect Participle

  • having flinched

The imperative in English, for the verb to flinch

Imperative

  • flinch
  • let's flinch
  • flinch

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