regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like
think
- model verb
ⓘReplace the end of the word with -ought, retaining the consonant (or consonant cluster) at the start of the final (or only) syllable. Verbs that follow this model:
bethink
bring
buy
fight
outfight
overbuy
overthink
overthink
rethink
seek
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buy
It is conjugated like: think
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Indicative
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I buy you buy he, she, it buys we buy you buy they buy
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I bought you bought he, she, it bought we bought you bought they bought
future
I will buy you will buy he, she, it will buy we will buy you will buy they will buy
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I have bought you have bought he, she, it has bought we have bought you have bought they have bought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I had bought you had bought he, she, it had bought we had bought you had bought they had bought
future perfect
I will have bought you will have bought he, she, it will have bought we will have bought you will have bought they will have bought
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I am buying you are buying he, she, it is buying we are buying you are buying they are buying
past continuous
I was buying you were buying he, she, it was buying we were buying you were buying they were buying
present emphatic
I do buy you do buy he, she, it does buy we do buy you do buy they do buy
past emphatic
I did buy you did buy he, she, it did buy we did buy you did buy they did buy
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I have been buying you have been buying he, she, it has been buying we have been buying you have been buying they have been buying
past perfect
I had been buying you had been buying he, she, it had been buying we had been buying you had been buying they had been buying
future
I will be buying you will be buying he, she, it will be buying we will be buying you will be buying they will be buying
future perfect
I will have been buying you will have been buying he, she, it will have been buying we will have been buying you will have been buying they will have been buying
Conditional
present
I would buy you would buy he, she, it would buy we would buy you would buy they would buy
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I would have bought you would have bought he, she, it would have bought we would have bought you would have bought they would have bought
present continuous
I would be buying you would be buying he, she, it would be buying we would be buying you would be buying they would be buying
perfect continuous
I would have been buying you would have been buying he, she, it would have been buying we would have been buying you would have been buying they would have been buying
Imperative
present
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(you) buy! – (we) let's buy! (you) buy! –
Subjunctive
present
I buy you buy he, she, it buy we buy you buy they buy
past
I bought you bought he, she, it bought we bought you bought they bought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I had bought you had bought he, she, it had bought we had bought you had bought they had bought
future
I should buy you should buy he, she, it should buy we should buy you should buy they should buy
*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular
forms. (example )
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to
the model. (example )
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