Conjugation of the verb sweep in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb sweep in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I sweep
  • you sweep
  • he|she|it sweeps
  • we sweep
  • you sweep
  • they sweep

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 sweep in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 sweep in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 sweep

Present participle

  • sweeping

Past participle

  • swept

Perfect Participle

  • having swept

The imperative in English, for the verb to sweep

Imperative

  • sweep
  • let's sweep
  • sweep

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