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The Verb "Shine" in English

by Craig Shrives

Conjugation of "To Shine"

The verb "shine" is an irregular verb. (This means that "shine" 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 Shine"

Form	shine	Alternative Name
Base Form	shine	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	shines	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	shone	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	shining	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	shone	[no alternative name]

"To Shine" in All the Tenses

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

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