The Verb "Slit" in English

Conjugation of "To Slit"

The verb "slit" is an irregular verb. (This means that "slit" 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 Slit"

Form	slit	Alternative Name
Base Form	slit	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	slits	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	slit	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	slitting	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	slit	[no alternative name]

"To Slit" in All the Tenses

The tables below show how "slit" 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	slit slit slit slit slit slit The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.	was slitting were slitting was slitting were slitting were slitting were slitting The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.	had slit had slit had slit had slit had slit had slit The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.	had been slitting had been slitting had been slitting had been slitting had been slitting had been slitting 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	slit slit slits slit slit slit The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.	am slitting are slitting is slitting are slitting are slitting are slitting The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.	have slit have slit has slit have slit have slit have slit The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)	have been slitting have been slitting has been slitting have been slitting have been slitting have been slitting 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 slit will slit will slit will slit will slit will slit The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.	will be slitting will be slitting will be slitting will be slitting will be slitting will be slitting The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.	will have slit will have slit will have slit will have slit will have slit will have slit The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.	will have been slitting will have been slitting will have been slitting will have been slitting will have been slitting will have been slitting 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.