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Conjugation of The Verb Love


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LOVE

The conjugation of a verb shows the various forms it assumes, either by inflection or by combination with parts of other verbs, to mark Voice, Mood, Tense, Number, and Person; and to those must be added its Infinitives and Participles.


Below is given the complete conjugation of the verb love, with a view to helping the student to systematize the knowledge already acquired by him.

(I) TENSES Simple Present

Active -- Passive

I love -- I am loved
You love -- You are loved
He loves -- He is loved
They love -- They are loved.

Present Continuous

Active -- Passive
I am loving -- I am being loved
You are loving -- You are being loved
He is loving -- He is being loved
We are loving -- We are being loved
They are loving -- They are being loved

Present Perfect

Active -- Passive

I have loved -- I have been loved
You have loved -- You have been loved
He has loved -- He has been loved
We have loved -- We have been loved
They have loved -- They have been loved

Present Perfect Continuous

Active -- Passive

I have been loving – ---
You have been loving – ---
We have been loving -- ---
They have been loving -- ---

Simple Past

Active -- Passive

I loved -- I was loved
You loved -- You were loved
He loved -- He was loved
We loved -- We were loved

They loved -- They were loved

Past Continuous

Active -- Passive

I was loving -- I was being loved
You were loving -- You were being loved
He was loving -- He was being loved
They were loving -- They were being loved

Past Perfect

Active -- Passive

I had loved -- I had been loved
You had loved -- You had been loved
He had loved -- He had been loved
We had loved -- We had been loved
They had loved -- They had been loved.

Past Perfect Continuous

Active -- Passive

I had been loving -- ---
You had been loving -- ---
He had been loving -- ---
We had been loving -- ---
They had been loving -- ---

Simple Future

Active
-- Passive

I shall/will love
-- I shall/will be loved
You will love --
You will be loved
He will love -- He will be loved
We shall love --
We shall be loved
They will love --
They will be loved
Future Continuous
Active
-- Passive

I shall/will be loving --
---
You will be loving -- ---
He will be loving -- ---

We shall be loving -- ---
They will be loving-- ---
Future Perfect

Active
-- Passive

I shall/will have loved --
I shall/will have been loved
You will have loved --
You will have been loved
He will have loved -- He will have been loved
We shall have loved --
We shall have been loved
They will have loved --
They will have been loved
Future Perfect Continuous
Active --
Passive -- ---

I shall/will have been loving -- ---
You will have been loving -- ---
He will have been loving -- ---
We shall have been loving – ---

They will have been loving -- ---

(II) THE IMPERATIVE

Love -- Be loved

(III) NON-FINITES

Present Infinitive --
to love --
to be loved
Continuous Infinitive -- to be loving -- ---
Perfect Participle --
to have loved --
to have been loved
Present Participle --
loving --
being loved
Perfect Participle --
having loved --
having been loved





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