The Verb "Sweat" in English

Conjugation of "To Sweat"

The verb "sweat" is an irregular verb. (This means that "sweat" 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 Sweat"

Form	sweat	Alternative Name
Base Form	sweat	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	sweats	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	sweat (also sweated)	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	sweating	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	sweat (also sweated)	[no alternative name]

"To Sweat" in All the Tenses

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