Conjugation of the verb shear in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb shear in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I shear
  • you shear
  • he|she|it shears
  • we shear
  • you shear
  • they shear

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

  • I have shorn/sheared
  • you have shorn/sheared
  • he|she|it has shorn/sheared
  • we have shorn/sheared
  • you have shorn/sheared
  • they have shorn/sheared

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 shear in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

  • I had shorn/sheared
  • you had shorn/sheared
  • he|she|it had shorn/sheared
  • we had shorn/sheared
  • you had shorn/sheared
  • they had shorn/sheared

Past perfect continuous

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

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 shear in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

  • I will have shorn/sheared
  • you will have shorn/sheared
  • he|she|it will have shorn/sheared
  • we will have shorn/sheared
  • you will have shorn/sheared
  • they will have shorn/sheared

Future perfect continuous

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

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 shear

Present participle

  • shearing

Past participle

  • shorn/sheared

Perfect Participle

  • having shorn/sheared

The imperative in English, for the verb to shear

Imperative

  • shear
  • let's shear
  • shear

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