Conjugation of the verb sink in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb sink in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I sink
  • you sink
  • he|she|it sinks
  • we sink
  • you sink
  • they sink

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 sink in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 sink in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 sink

Present participle

  • sinking

Past participle

  • sunk

Perfect Participle

  • having sunk

The imperative in English, for the verb to sink

Imperative

  • sink
  • let's sink
  • sink

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