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To tear in English

tear, tore, torn

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I tear
  • you tear
  • he tears
  • we tear
  • you tear
  • they tear

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am tearing
  • you are tearing
  • he is tearing
  • we are tearing
  • you are tearing
  • they are tearing

Past (simple)

  • I tore
  • you tore
  • he tore
  • we tore
  • you tore
  • they tore

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was tearing
  • you were tearing
  • he was tearing
  • we were tearing
  • you were tearing
  • they were tearing

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have torn
  • you have torn
  • he has torn
  • we have torn
  • you have torn
  • they have torn

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been tearing
  • you have been tearing
  • he has been tearing
  • we have been tearing
  • you have been tearing
  • they have been tearing

Past perfect

  • I had torn
  • you had torn
  • he had torn
  • we had torn
  • you had torn
  • they had torn

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been tearing
  • you had been tearing
  • he had been tearing
  • we had been tearing
  • you had been tearing
  • they had been tearing

Future

  • I will tear
  • you will tear
  • he will tear
  • we will tear
  • you will tear
  • they will tear

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be tearing
  • you will be tearing
  • he will be tearing
  • we will be tearing
  • you will be tearing
  • they will be tearing

Future perfect

  • I will have torn
  • you will have torn
  • he will have torn
  • we will have torn
  • you will have torn
  • they will have torn

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been tearing
  • you will have been tearing
  • he will have been tearing
  • we will have been tearing
  • you will have been tearing
  • they will have been tearing

Conditional

Simple

  • I would tear
  • you would tear
  • he would tear
  • we would tear
  • you would tear
  • they would tear

Progressive

  • I would be tearing
  • you would be tearing
  • he would be tearing
  • we would be tearing
  • you would be tearing
  • they would be tearing

Perfect

  • I would have torn
  • you would have torn
  • he would have torn
  • we would have torn
  • you would have torn
  • they would have torn

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been tearing
  • you would have been tearing
  • he would have been tearing
  • we would have been tearing
  • you would have been tearing
  • they would have been tearing

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to tear

Imperative

Imperative

  • tear
  • Let's tear

Examples of conjugation of the verb To tear

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne tears through his morning correspondence before dawn, fueled by espresso and a fierce loyalty to his grandfather's legacy.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is tearing pages from an old Montmartre map to mark his favorite surf spots along the San Francisco coastline.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré tore open the envelope containing the Delavigne Corporation's first major contract and wept with relief.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was tearing apart a prototype fragrance label when the news of the Pamplona bull-running schedule finally arrived.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The CEO has torn his wetsuit twice this month, which his San Francisco surf instructor considers some kind of personal record.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Delavigne has been tearing through environmental impact reports all morning, determined to make the Delavigne Corporation a model of green responsibility.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Bruno reached Pamplona, he had already torn through two pairs of running shoes and the patience of every fellow runner around him.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The grandson of Xavier had been tearing up old recipes from the Montmartre shop for an hour before Horatio quietly suggested he keep at least one.
Indicative Future: Bruno will tear down the outdated laboratory wing of the Delavigne Corporation and replace it with a state-of-the-art fragrance fire prevention center.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: This time next month, the bull-runner will be tearing through the streets of Pamplona with the same reckless joy that baffles Horatio every single year.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of the summit, Bruno will have torn apart every weak argument against stricter fragrance fire prevention regulations.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time he retires, the San Francisco surfer will have been tearing through boardrooms and ocean waves alike for nearly four decades.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would tear up the sponsorship deal in an instant if the partner company's values conflicted with his environmental commitments.
Conditional Progressive: If Horatio had not hidden the documents, the perfumer would be tearing through the Delavigne Corporation archives looking for Xavier's original formula right now.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have torn the faulty canister warning label off the shelf years earlier if he had known what it would cost his grandfather.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without Horatio's calming influence, the CEO would have been tearing through every contract clause at the shareholder meeting until no one dared breathe.
Imperative Imperative: « Tear out that paragraph about synthetic musk, Horatio — it reads like it was written by someone who has never set foot in Montmartre, » Bruno sighs.

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