Conjugation of the verb shrink in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb shrink in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I shrink
  • you shrink
  • he|she|it shrinks
  • we shrink
  • you shrink
  • they shrink

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 shrink in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 shrink in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 shrink

Present participle

  • shrinking

Past participle

  • shrunk

Perfect Participle

  • having shrunk

The imperative in English, for the verb to shrink

Imperative

  • shrink
  • let's shrink
  • shrink

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