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Seek past tense | past tense of seek
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Introduction
There are two ways to make past and past participle verb forms in English. The first is by adding ed and the second type is of irregular verbs. Seek is also an irregular verb and its three verb forms v1, v2, v3 are different.
We will see the past tense of seek and also the meaning, base form, past participle form, third-person singular form, and present participle form of seek with examples.
Here we will see the past form of seek and its other verb forms also.
| Base form | Past form | Past participle form | Third-person singular form | Participle form | Meaning of seek |
| seek | sought | sought | seeks | seeking | Try to find or obtain or try or want to do |
Meaning of seek
The general meaning of seek is to Try to find or obtain or try or want to do.
Conjugation of the verb seek
1)Simple present tense
I seek .
We seek .
you(Plural pronoun) seek .
you(singular pronoun) seek .
They seek .
people(plural noun) seek .
He seeks .
she seeks .
It seeks .
Sam(Singular noun) seeks .
2)Simple past tense
I sought .
We sought .
you(Plural pronoun) sought .
you(singular pronoun) sought .
They sought .
people(plural noun) sought .
He sought .
she sought .
It sought .
Sam(Singular noun) sought .
3)Simple future tense
I will seek .
We will seek .
you(Plural pronoun) will seek .
you(singular pronoun) will seek .
They will seek .
people(plural noun) will seek .
He will seek .
she will seek .
It will seek .
Sam(Singular noun) will seek .
4)Present continuous(progressive) tense
I am seeking .
We are seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) are seeking .
you(singular pronoun) are seeking .
They are seeking .
people(plural noun) are seeking .
He is seeking .
she is seeking .
It is seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) is seeking .
5)Past continuous(progressive) tense
I was seeking .
We were seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) were seeking .
you(singular pronoun) were seeking .
They were seeking .
people(plural noun) were seeking .
He was seeking .
she was seeking .
It was seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) was seeking .
6)Future continuous (progressive) tense
I will be seeking .
We will be seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) will be seeking .
you(singular pronoun) will be seeking .
They will be seeking .
people(plural noun) will be seeking .
He will be seeking .
she will be seeking .
It will be seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) will be seeking .
7)present perfect tense
I have sought .
We have sought .
you(Plural pronoun) have sought .
you(singular pronoun) have sought .
They have sought .
people(plural noun) have sought .
He has sought .
she has sought .
It has sought .
Sam(Singular noun) has sought .
8)Past perfect tense
I had sought .
We had sought .
you(Plural pronoun) had sought .
you(singular pronoun) had sought .
They had sought .
people(plural noun) had sought .
He had sought .
she had sought .
It had sought .
Sam(Singular noun) had sought .
9)Future perfect tense
I will have sought .
We will have sought .
you(Plural pronoun) will have sought .
you(singular pronoun) will have sought .
They will have sought .
people(plural noun) will have sought .
He will have sought .
she will have sought .
It will have sought .
Sam(Singular noun) will have sought .
10)Present perfect continuous(progressive) tense
I have been seeking .
We have been seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) have been seeking .
you(singular pronoun) have been seeking .
They have been seeking .
people(plural noun) have been seeking .
He has been seeking .
she has been seeking .
It has been seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) has been seeking .
11)Past perfect continuous(progressive) tense
I had been seeking .
We had been seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) had been seeking .
you(singular pronoun) had been seeking .
They had been seeking .
people(plural noun) had been seeking .
He had been seeking .
she had been seeking .
It had been seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) had been seeking .
12)Future perfect continuous(progressive) tense
I will have been seeking .
We will have been seeking .
you(Plural pronoun) will have been seeking .
you(singular pronoun) will have been seeking .
They will have been seeking .
people(plural noun) will have been seeking .
He will have been seeking .
she will have been seeking .
It will have been seeking .
Sam(Singular noun) will have been seeking .
Conjugation of the verb seek with modal auxiliary verbs.
Here are the sentences of conjugation of the verb seek with modals.
1)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam can seek .
2)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam could seek .
3)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam may seek .
4)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam might seek .
5)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam must seek .
6)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam should seek .
7)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam would seek .
8)I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam ought to seek .
9))I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam need not seek .
10))I/we/you/you/they/people/he/she/it/Sam dare not seek .
The past form of seek
The past form of seek is sought. We will see some examples of seek in past form.
Examples
1)He sought water with great effort.
2)They sought good life.
3)You sought milk after exercise.
The base form of seek
The base form of seek is seek.
Here are some examples of the use of the base form of seek.
1)They seek water.
2)We seek milk daily.
3)You seek to buy a car.
Past participle form of seek .
Past participle form of seek is sought.
We will see some examples of the use of the past participle of seek.
1)He had sought his most cherished thing.
2)She has sought good things.
3)They have sought it.
The third-person singular form of seek
The third person singular form of seek is seeks. We will see some examples of the use of seek as a third-person singular verb form used in the simple present tense.
Examples
1)He seeks milk daily.
2)She seeks coffee.
3)Sam seeks his favorite beverage.
Present participle form of seek
The present participle form of seek is seeking.
We will see some of the examples of the present participle form of seek.
Examples
1)They are seeking milk.
2)He is seeking water.
3)She was seeking her evening tea.
Conclusion for past form of seek
These are the examples and explanations of the use of seek in past form, base form, past participle form, third-person singular form, and present participle form.
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