Conjugation of the verb shift in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb shift in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I shift
  • you shift
  • he|she|it shifts
  • we shift
  • you shift
  • they shift

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 shift in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 shift in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 shift

Present participle

  • shifting

Past participle

  • shifted

Perfect Participle

  • having shifted

The imperative in English, for the verb to shift

Imperative

  • shift
  • let's shift
  • shift

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