The Verb "Strip" in English

Conjugation of "To Strip"

The verb "strip" is an irregular verb. (This means that "strip" 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 Strip"

Form	strip	Alternative Name
Base Form	strip	Infinitive Form
The -S Form	strips	Third Person Singular Form
Past Form	stript (also stripped)	Simple Past Tense
The -ING Form	stripping	Present Participle Form
The Past Participle Form	stript (also stripped)	[no alternative name]

"To Strip" in All the Tenses

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