The Verb "Handwrite" in English

Conjugation of "To Handwrite"

The verb "handwrite" is an irregular verb. (This means that "handwrite" does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form.)

The Five Forms of "To Handwrite"

FormhandwriteAlternative Name
Base FormhandwriteInfinitive Form
The -S FormhandwritesThird Person Singular Form
Past FormhandwroteSimple Past Tense
The -ING FormhandwritingPresent Participle Form
The Past Participle Formhandwritten[no alternative name]

"To Handwrite" in All the Tenses

The tables below show how "handwrite" conjugates in the past, present, and future tenses.

Past Tenses

PersonSimple PastPast Progressive TensePast Perfect TensePast Perfect Progressive Tense
  • I
  • you
  • he/she/it
  • we
  • you
  • they
  • handwrote
  • handwrote
  • handwrote
  • handwrote
  • handwrote
  • handwrote
The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.
  • was handwriting
  • were handwriting
  • was handwriting
  • were handwriting
  • were handwriting
  • were handwriting
The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.
  • had handwritten
  • had handwritten
  • had handwritten
  • had handwritten
  • had handwritten
  • had handwritten
The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.
  • had been handwriting
  • had been handwriting
  • had been handwriting
  • had been handwriting
  • had been handwriting
  • had been handwriting
The past perfect progressive tense is for showing that an ongoing action in the past has ended.

Present Tenses

PersonSimple PresentPresent Progressive TensePresent Perfect TensePresent Perfect Progressive Tense
  • I
  • you
  • he/she/it
  • we
  • you
  • they
  • handwrite
  • handwrite
  • handwrites
  • handwrite
  • handwrite
  • handwrite
The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.
  • am handwriting
  • are handwriting
  • is handwriting
  • are handwriting
  • are handwriting
  • are handwriting
The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.
  • have handwritten
  • have handwritten
  • has handwritten
  • have handwritten
  • have handwritten
  • have handwritten
The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)
  • have been handwriting
  • have been handwriting
  • has been handwriting
  • have been handwriting
  • have been handwriting
  • have been handwriting
The present perfect progressive tense is for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present (or finished very recently).

Future Tenses

PersonSimple FutureFuture Progressive TenseFuture Perfect TenseFuture Perfect Progressive Tense
  • I
  • you
  • he/she/it
  • we
  • you
  • they
  • will handwrite
  • will handwrite
  • will handwrite
  • will handwrite
  • will handwrite
  • will handwrite
The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.
  • will be handwriting
  • will be handwriting
  • will be handwriting
  • will be handwriting
  • will be handwriting
  • will be handwriting
The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.
  • will have handwritten
  • will have handwritten
  • will have handwritten
  • will have handwritten
  • will have handwritten
  • will have handwritten
The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.
  • will have been handwriting
  • will have been handwriting
  • will have been handwriting
  • will have been handwriting
  • will have been handwriting
  • will have been handwriting
The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

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This page was written by Craig Shrives.