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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seek
It is conjugated like: think
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Indicative
presentⓘAlso known as: present simple or simple present
I seek you seek he, she, it seeks we seek you seek they seek
simple pastⓘAlso known as: past simple or preterit
I sought you sought he, she, it sought we sought you sought they sought
future
I will seek you will seek he, she, it will seek we will seek you will seek they will seek
Perfect tenses
present perfect
I have sought you have sought he, she, it has sought we have sought you have sought they have sought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect
I had sought you had sought he, she, it had sought we had sought you had sought they had sought
future perfect
I will have sought you will have sought he, she, it will have sought we will have sought you will have sought they will have sought
Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses
present continuous
I am seeking you are seeking he, she, it is seeking we are seeking you are seeking they are seeking
past continuous
I was seeking you were seeking he, she, it was seeking we were seeking you were seeking they were seeking
present emphatic
I do seek you do seek he, she, it does seek we do seek you do seek they do seek
past emphatic
I did seek you did seek he, she, it did seek we did seek you did seek they did seek
Compound continuous (progressive) tenses
present perfect
I have been seeking you have been seeking he, she, it has been seeking we have been seeking you have been seeking they have been seeking
past perfect
I had been seeking you had been seeking he, she, it had been seeking we had been seeking you had been seeking they had been seeking
future
I will be seeking you will be seeking he, she, it will be seeking we will be seeking you will be seeking they will be seeking
future perfect
I will have been seeking you will have been seeking he, she, it will have been seeking we will have been seeking you will have been seeking they will have been seeking
Conditional
present
I would seek you would seek he, she, it would seek we would seek you would seek they would seek
perfectⓘAlso known as: past conditional
I would have sought you would have sought he, she, it would have sought we would have sought you would have sought they would have sought
present continuous
I would be seeking you would be seeking he, she, it would be seeking we would be seeking you would be seeking they would be seeking
perfect continuous
I would have been seeking you would have been seeking he, she, it would have been seeking we would have been seeking you would have been seeking they would have been seeking
Imperative
present
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(you) seek! – (we) let's seek! (you) seek! –
Subjunctive
present
I seek you seek he, she, it seek we seek you seek they seek
past
I sought you sought he, she, it sought we sought you sought they sought
past perfectⓘAlso known as: pluperfect subjunctive
I had sought you had sought he, she, it had sought we had sought you had sought they had sought
future
I should seek you should seek he, she, it should seek we should seek you should seek they should seek
*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular
forms. (example )
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to
the model. (example )
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