The Verb "Slink" in English

Conjugation of "To Slink"

The verb "slink" is an irregular verb. (This means that "slink" 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 Slink"

Form	slink	Alternative Name
Base Form	slink	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	slinks	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	slunk	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	slinking	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	slunk	[no alternative name]

"To Slink" in All the Tenses

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

Past Tenses

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

Present Tenses

Person	Simple Present	Present Progressive Tense	Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	slink slink slinks slink slink slink The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.	am slinking are slinking is slinking are slinking are slinking are slinking The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.	have slunk have slunk has slunk have slunk have slunk have slunk The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)	have been slinking have been slinking has been slinking have been slinking have been slinking have been slinking 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

Person	Simple Future	Future Progressive Tense	Future Perfect Tense	Future Perfect Progressive Tense
I you he/she/it we you they	will slink will slink will slink will slink will slink will slink The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.	will be slinking will be slinking will be slinking will be slinking will be slinking will be slinking The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.	will have slunk will have slunk will have slunk will have slunk will have slunk will have slunk The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.	will have been slinking will have been slinking will have been slinking will have been slinking will have been slinking will have been slinking The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.

Most Common Irregular Verbs

The two most common irregular verbs in English are "be" and "have." These pages give more details about these two verbs:

Here are the next 10 most common irregular verbs in English:

see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think

This page was written by Craig Shrives.