write
- model verbⓘChange 'i' to 'o' to form the preterit. To form the past participle, add -n to the infinitive, usually doubling the last consonant before the final -e. Verbs that follow this model:
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I
write
you
write
he, she, it
writes
we
write
you
write
they
write
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I
wrote
you
wrote
he, she, it
wrote
we
wrote
you
wrote
they
wrote
future
I
will write
you
will write
he, she, it
will write
we
will write
you
will write
they
will write
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I
have written
you
have written
he, she, it
has written
we
have written
you
have written
they
have written
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I
had written
you
had written
he, she, it
had written
we
had written
you
had written
they
had written
future perfect
I
will have written
you
will have written
he, she, it
will have written
we
will have written
you
will have written
they
will have written
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I
am writing
you
are writing
he, she, it
is writing
we
are writing
you
are writing
they
are writing
past continuous
I
was writing
you
were writing
he, she, it
was writing
we
were writing
you
were writing
they
were writing
present emphatic
I
do write
you
do write
he, she, it
does write
we
do write
you
do write
they
do write
past emphatic
I
did write
you
did write
he, she, it
did write
we
did write
you
did write
they
did write
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I
have been writing
you
have been writing
he, she, it
has been writing
we
have been writing
you
have been writing
they
have been writing
past perfect
I
had been writing
you
had been writing
he, she, it
had been writing
we
had been writing
you
had been writing
they
had been writing
future
I
will be writing
you
will be writing
he, she, it
will be writing
we
will be writing
you
will be writing
they
will be writing
future perfect
I
will have been writing
you
will have been writing
he, she, it
will have been writing
we
will have been writing
you
will have been writing
they
will have been writing
Conditional
present
I
would write
you
would write
he, she, it
would write
we
would write
you
would write
they
would write
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I
would have written
you
would have written
he, she, it
would have written
we
would have written
you
would have written
they
would have written
present continuous
I
would be writing
you
would be writing
he, she, it
would be writing
we
would be writing
you
would be writing
they
would be writing
perfect continuous
I
would have been writing
you
would have been writing
he, she, it
would have been writing
we
would have been writing
you
would have been writing
they
would have been writing
Imperative
present
–
(you)
write!
–
(we)
let's write!
(you)
write!
–
Subjunctive
present
I
write
you
write
he, she, it
write
we
write
you
write
they
write
past
I
wrote
you
wrote
he, she, it
wrote
we
wrote
you
wrote
they
wrote
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I
had written
you
had written
he, she, it
had written
we
had written
you
had written
they
had written
future
I
should write
you
should write
he, she, it
should write
we
should write
you
should write
they
should write
Note: In older texts, one may encounter the archaic form writ as a preterit or past participle; it is now used mainly used in expressions such as 'writ large.'
*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular
forms. (example) *Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to
the model. (example)