Conjugation of the verb tinker in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tinker in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tinker
  • you tinker
  • he|she|it tinkers
  • we tinker
  • you tinker
  • they tinker

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tinker in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tinker in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tinker

Present participle

  • tinkering

Past participle

  • tinkered

Perfect Participle

  • having tinkered

The imperative in English, for the verb to tinker

Imperative

  • tinker
  • let's tinker
  • tinker

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