Conjugation of the verb swear in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb swear in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I swear
  • you swear
  • he|she|it swears
  • we swear
  • you swear
  • they swear

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 swear in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 swear in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 swear

Present participle

  • swearing

Past participle

  • sworn

Perfect Participle

  • having sworn

The imperative in English, for the verb to swear

Imperative

  • swear
  • let's swear
  • swear

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