regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like
know
- model verbⓘChange -ow (or -aw) to -ew to form the preterit. To form the past participle, add -n to the infinitive. Verbs that follow this model:
blow
draw
foreknow
grow
intergrow
outdraw
outgrow
overdraw
overgrow
overthrow
re-grow
redraw
regrow
throw
withdraw
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know
'know' is the model of its conjugation.
This verb is not used in the continuous tenses.
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Indicative
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I know you know he, she, it knows we know you know they know
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I knew you knew he, she, it knew we knew you knew they knew
future
I will know you will know he, she, it will know we will know you will know they will know
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I have known you have known he, she, it has known we have known you have known they have known
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I had known you had known he, she, it had known we had known you had known they had known
future perfect
I will have known you will have known he, she, it will have known we will have known you will have known they will have known
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
past continuous
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
present emphatic
I do know you do know he, she, it does know we do know you do know they do know
past emphatic
I did know you did know he, she, it did know we did know you did know they did know
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
past perfect
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
future
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
future perfect
I – you – he, she, it – we – you – they –
Conditional
present
I would know you would know he, she, it would know we would know you would know they would know
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I would have known you would have known he, she, it would have known we would have known you would have known they would have known
present continuous
I would be knowing you would be knowing he, she, it would be knowing we would be knowing you would be knowing they would be knowing
perfect continuous
I would have been knowing you would have been knowing he, she, it would have been knowing we would have been knowing you would have been knowing they would have been knowing
Imperative
present
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(you) know! – (we) let's know! (you) know! –
Subjunctive
present
I know you know he, she, it know we know you know they know
past
I knew you knew he, she, it knew we knew you knew they knew
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I had known you had known he, she, it had known we had known you had known they had known
future
I should know you should know he, she, it should know we should know you should know they should know
Note: One may encounter the archaic present tense forms thou knowest , thou know'st , thou knowst , and s/he knoweth ; or the preterit form thou knewest .
*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular
forms. (example )
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to
the model. (example )
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