Conjugation of the verb shirk in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb shirk in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I shirk
  • you shirk
  • he|she|it shirks
  • we shirk
  • you shirk
  • they shirk

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 shirk in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 shirk in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 shirk

Present participle

  • shirking

Past participle

  • shirked

Perfect Participle

  • having shirked

The imperative in English, for the verb to shirk

Imperative

  • shirk
  • let's shirk
  • shirk

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