The Verb "Shoe" in English

Conjugation of "To Shoe"

The verb "shoe" is an irregular verb. (This means that "shoe" 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 Shoe"

Form	shoe	Alternative Name
Base Form	shoe	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	shoes	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	shod	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	shoeing	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	shod	[no alternative name]

"To Shoe" in All the Tenses

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