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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shrink

It is conjugated like: sing
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) shrink
shrinking
shrunk, shrunken
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Ishrink
youshrink
he, she, itshrinks
weshrink
youshrink
theyshrink
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Ishrank, shrunk
youshrank, shrunk
he, she, itshrank, shrunk
weshrank, shrunk
youshrank, shrunk
theyshrank, shrunk
future
Iwill shrink
youwill shrink
he, she, itwill shrink
wewill shrink
youwill shrink
theywill shrink

Perfect tensesThis verb has multiple forms of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

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

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

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

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

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

ConditionalThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Iwould shrink
youwould shrink
he, she, itwould shrink
wewould shrink
youwould shrink
theywould shrink
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have shrunk
youwould have shrunk
he, she, itwould have shrunk
wewould have shrunk
youwould have shrunk
theywould have shrunk
present continuous
Iwould be shrinking
youwould be shrinking
he, she, itwould be shrinking
wewould be shrinking
youwould be shrinking
theywould be shrinking
perfect continuous
Iwould have been shrinking
youwould have been shrinking
he, she, itwould have been shrinking
wewould have been shrinking
youwould have been shrinking
theywould have been shrinking

Imperative

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

SubjunctiveThis verb has multiple spellings of the past participle (listed above). However, for simplicity, only 1 spelling is displayed in the compound tenses below.

present
Ishrink
youshrink
he, she, itshrink
weshrink
youshrink
theyshrink
past
Ishrank, shrunk
youshrank, shrunk
he, she, itshrank, shrunk
weshrank, shrunk
youshrank, shrunk
theyshrank, shrunk
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad shrunk
youhad shrunk
he, she, ithad shrunk
wehad shrunk
youhad shrunk
theyhad shrunk
future
Ishould shrink
youshould shrink
he, she, itshould shrink
weshould shrink
youshould shrink
theyshould shrink

  Note: One may encounter the archaic or non-standard form shrinked.  

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

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