Conjugation of the verb sound in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb sound in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I sound
  • you sound
  • he|she|it sounds
  • we sound
  • you sound
  • they sound

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 sound in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 sound in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 sound

Present participle

  • sounding

Past participle

  • sounded

Perfect Participle

  • having sounded

The imperative in English, for the verb to sound

Imperative

  • sound
  • let's sound
  • sound

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