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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think
'think' is the model of its conjugation.
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Indicative
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I think you think he, she, it thinks we think you think they think
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I thought you thought he, she, it thought we thought you thought they thought
future
I will think you will think he, she, it will think we will think you will think they will think
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I have thought you have thought he, she, it has thought we have thought you have thought they have thought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I had thought you had thought he, she, it had thought we had thought you had thought they had thought
future perfect
I will have thought you will have thought he, she, it will have thought we will have thought you will have thought they will have thought
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I am thinking you are thinking he, she, it is thinking we are thinking you are thinking they are thinking
past continuous
I was thinking you were thinking he, she, it was thinking we were thinking you were thinking they were thinking
present emphatic
I do think you do think he, she, it does think we do think you do think they do think
past emphatic
I did think you did think he, she, it did think we did think you did think they did think
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I have been thinking you have been thinking he, she, it has been thinking we have been thinking you have been thinking they have been thinking
past perfect
I had been thinking you had been thinking he, she, it had been thinking we had been thinking you had been thinking they had been thinking
future
I will be thinking you will be thinking he, she, it will be thinking we will be thinking you will be thinking they will be thinking
future perfect
I will have been thinking you will have been thinking he, she, it will have been thinking we will have been thinking you will have been thinking they will have been thinking
Conditional
present
I would think you would think he, she, it would think we would think you would think they would think
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I would have thought you would have thought he, she, it would have thought we would have thought you would have thought they would have thought
present continuous
I would be thinking you would be thinking he, she, it would be thinking we would be thinking you would be thinking they would be thinking
perfect continuous
I would have been thinking you would have been thinking he, she, it would have been thinking we would have been thinking you would have been thinking they would have been thinking
Imperative
present
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(you) think! – (we) let's think! (you) think! –
Subjunctive
present
I think you think he, she, it think we think you think they think
past
I thought you thought he, she, it thought we thought you thought they thought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I had thought you had thought he, she, it had thought we had thought you had thought they had thought
future
I should think you should think he, she, it should think we should think you should think they should think
Note: One may encounter the archaic present tense forms thou thinkest , thou think'st , thou thinkst , and s/he thinketh .
*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular
forms. (example )
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to
the model. (example )
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