regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

sing - model verb Change 'i' to 'a' in the preterit and 'i' to 'u' in the past participle.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. begin
  2. countersink
  3. drink
  4. preshrink
  5. ring
  6. shrink
  7. sink
  8. slink
  9. spring
  10. stink
  11. swim

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sink

It is conjugated like: sing
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) sink
sinking
sunk
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Isink
yousink
he, she, itsinks
wesink
yousink
theysink
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Isank
yousank
he, she, itsank
wesank
yousank
theysank
future
Iwill sink
youwill sink
he, she, itwill sink
wewill sink
youwill sink
theywill sink

Perfect tenses

present perfect
Ihave sunk
youhave sunk
he, she, ithas sunk
wehave sunk
youhave sunk
theyhave sunk
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad sunk
youhad sunk
he, she, ithad sunk
wehad sunk
youhad sunk
theyhad sunk
future perfect
Iwill have sunk
youwill have sunk
he, she, itwill have sunk
wewill have sunk
youwill have sunk
theywill have sunk

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam sinking
youare sinking
he, she, itis sinking
weare sinking
youare sinking
theyare sinking
past continuous
Iwas sinking
youwere sinking
he, she, itwas sinking
wewere sinking
youwere sinking
theywere sinking
present emphatic
Ido sink
youdo sink
he, she, itdoes sink
wedo sink
youdo sink
theydo sink
past emphatic
Idid sink
youdid sink
he, she, itdid sink
wedid sink
youdid sink
theydid sink

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been sinking
youhave been sinking
he, she, ithas been sinking
wehave been sinking
youhave been sinking
theyhave been sinking
past perfect
Ihad been sinking
youhad been sinking
he, she, ithad been sinking
wehad been sinking
youhad been sinking
theyhad been sinking
future
Iwill be sinking
youwill be sinking
he, she, itwill be sinking
wewill be sinking
youwill be sinking
theywill be sinking
future perfect
Iwill have been sinking
youwill have been sinking
he, she, itwill have been sinking
wewill have been sinking
youwill have been sinking
theywill have been sinking

Conditional

present
Iwould sink
youwould sink
he, she, itwould sink
wewould sink
youwould sink
theywould sink
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have sunk
youwould have sunk
he, she, itwould have sunk
wewould have sunk
youwould have sunk
theywould have sunk
present continuous
Iwould be sinking
youwould be sinking
he, she, itwould be sinking
wewould be sinking
youwould be sinking
theywould be sinking
perfect continuous
Iwould have been sinking
youwould have been sinking
he, she, itwould have been sinking
wewould have been sinking
youwould have been sinking
theywould have been sinking

Imperative

present
(you)sink!
(we)let's sink!
(you)sink!

Subjunctive

present
Isink
yousink
he, she, itsink
wesink
yousink
theysink
past
Isank
yousank
he, she, itsank
wesank
yousank
theysank
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad sunk
youhad sunk
he, she, ithad sunk
wehad sunk
youhad sunk
theyhad sunk
future
Ishould sink
youshould sink
he, she, itshould sink
weshould sink
youshould sink
theyshould sink

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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