Conjugation of the verb shorten in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb shorten in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I shorten
  • you shorten
  • he|she|it shortens
  • we shorten
  • you shorten
  • they shorten

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 shorten in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 shorten in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 shorten

Present participle

  • shortening

Past participle

  • shortened

Perfect Participle

  • having shortened

The imperative in English, for the verb to shorten

Imperative

  • shorten
  • let's shorten
  • shorten

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