Conjugation of the verb skim in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb skim in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I skim
  • you skim
  • he|she|it skims
  • we skim
  • you skim
  • they skim

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 skim in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 skim in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 skim

Present participle

  • skimming

Past participle

  • skimmed

Perfect Participle

  • having skimmed

The imperative in English, for the verb to skim

Imperative

  • skim
  • let's skim
  • skim

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