dread: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for dread[dred]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
dread
dreads
Possessive case
dread's
dreads'
Plural
dreads
dreads'

Conjugation of the verb dread[dred], regular     

dread not dreaddread?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I dread
you dread
he/she/it dreads
we dread
you dread
they dread

Present Continuous

I am dreading
you are dreading
he/she/it is dreading
we are dreading
you are dreading
they are dreading

Present Perfect

I have dreaded
you have dreaded
he/she/it has dreaded
we have dreaded
you have dreaded
they have dreaded

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been dreading
you have been dreading
he/she/it has been dreading
we have been dreading
you have been dreading
they have been dreading

Past Indefinite

I dreaded
you dreaded
he/she/it dreaded
we dreaded
you dreaded
they dreaded

Past Continuous

I was dreading
you were dreading
he/she/it was dreading
we were dreading
you were dreading
they were dreading

Past Perfect

I had dreaded
you had dreaded
he/she/it had dreaded
we had dreaded
you had dreaded
they had dreaded

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been dreading
you had been dreading
he/she/it had been dreading
we had been dreading
you had been dreading
they had been dreading

Future Indefinite

I will dread
you will dread
he/she/it will dread
we will dread
you will dread
they will dread

Future Continuous

I will be dreading
you will be dreading
he/she/it will be dreading
we will be dreading
you will be dreading
they will be dreading

Future Perfect

I will have dreaded
you will have dreaded
he/she/it will have dreaded
we will have dreaded
you will have dreaded
they will have dreaded

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been dreading
you will have been dreading
he/she/it will have been dreading
we will have been dreading
you will have been dreading
they will have been dreading

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't dread
you don't dread
he/she/it doesn't dread
we don't dread
you don't dread
they don't dread

Present Continuous

I am not dreading
you aren't dreading
he/she/it isn't dreading
we aren't dreading
you aren't dreading
they aren't dreading

Present Perfect

I haven't dreaded
you haven't dreaded
he/she/it hasn't dreaded
we haven't dreaded
you haven't dreaded
they haven't dreaded

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been dreading
you haven't been dreading
he/she/it hasn't been dreading
we haven't been dreading
you haven't been dreading
they haven't been dreading

Past Indefinite

I didn't dread
you didn't dread
he/she/it didn't dread
we didn't dread
you didn't dread
they didn't dread

Past Continuous

I wasn't dreading
you weren't dreading
he/she/it wasn't dreading
we weren't dreading
you weren't dreading
they weren't dreading

Past Perfect

I hadn't dreaded
you hadn't dreaded
he/she/it hadn't dreaded
we hadn't dreaded
you hadn't dreaded
they hadn't dreaded

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been dreading
you hadn't been dreading
he/she/it hadn't been dreading
we hadn't been dreading
you hadn't been dreading
they hadn't been dreading

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't dread
you won't dread
he/she/it won't dread
we shan't / won't dread
you won't dread
they won't dread

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be dreading
you won't be dreading
he/she/it won't be dreading
we shan't / won't be dreading
you won't be dreading
they won't be dreading

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have dreaded
you won't have dreaded
he/she/it won't have dreaded
we shan't / won't have dreaded
you won't have dreaded
they won't have dreaded

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been dreading
you won't have been dreading
he/she/it won't have been dreading
we shan't / won't have been dreading
you won't have been dreading
they won't have been dreading

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I dread?
do you dread?
does he/she/it dread?
do we dread?
do you dread?
do they dread?

Present Continuous

am I dreading?
are you dreading?
is he/she/it dreading?
are we dreading?
are you dreading?
are they dreading?

Present Perfect

have I dreaded?
have you dreaded?
has he/she/it dreaded?
have we dreaded?
have you dreaded?
have they dreaded?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been dreading?
have you been dreading?
has he/she/it been dreading?
have we been dreading?
have you been dreading?
have they been dreading?

Past Indefinite

did I dread?
did you dread?
did he/she/it dread?
did we dread?
did you dread?
did they dread?

Past Continuous

was I dreading?
were you dreading?
was he/she/it dreading?
were we dreading?
were you dreading?
were they dreading?

Past Perfect

had I dreaded?
had you dreaded?
had he/she/it dreaded?
had we dreaded?
had you dreaded?
had they dreaded?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been dreading?
had you been dreading?
had he/she/it been dreading?
had we been dreading?
had you been dreading?
had they been dreading?

Future Indefinite

will I dread?
will you dread?
will he/she/it dread?
will we dread?
will you dread?
will they dread?

Future Continuous

will I be dreading?
will you be dreading?
will he/she/it be dreading?
will we be dreading?
will you be dreading?
will they be dreading?

Future Perfect

will I have dreaded?
will you have dreaded?
will he/she/it have dreaded?
will we have dreaded?
will you have dreaded?
will they have dreaded?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been dreading?
will you have been dreading?
will he/she/it have been dreading?
will we have been dreading?
will you have been dreading?
will they have been dreading?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would dread
you would dread
he/she/it would dread
we would dread
you would dread
they would dread

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be dreading
you would be dreading
he/she/it would be dreading
we would be dreading
you would be dreading
they would be dreading

Conditional Perfect

I would have dreaded
you would have dreaded
he/she/it would have dreaded
we would have dreaded
you would have dreaded
they would have dreaded

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been dreading
you would have been dreading
he/she/it would have been dreading
we would have been dreading
you would have been dreading
they would have been dreading

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't dread
you wouldn't dread
he/she/it wouldn't dread
we wouldn't dread
you wouldn't dread
they wouldn't dread

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be dreading
you wouldn't be dreading
he/she/it wouldn't be dreading
we wouldn't be dreading
you wouldn't be dreading
they wouldn't be dreading

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have dreaded
you wouldn't have dreaded
he/she/it wouldn't have dreaded
we wouldn't have dreaded
you wouldn't have dreaded
they wouldn't have dreaded

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been dreading
you wouldn't have been dreading
he/she/it wouldn't have been dreading
we wouldn't have been dreading
you wouldn't have been dreading
they wouldn't have been dreading

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I dread?
would you dread?
would he/she/it dread?
would we dread?
would you dread?
would they dread?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be dreading?
would you be dreading?
would he/she/it be dreading?
would we be dreading?
would you be dreading?
would they be dreading?

Conditional Perfect

would I have dreaded?
would you have dreaded?
would he/she/it have dreaded?
would we have dreaded?
would you have dreaded?
would they have dreaded?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been dreading?
would you have been dreading?
would he/she/it have been dreading?
would we have been dreading?
would you have been dreading?
would they have been dreading?

Participles

Present

dreading

Past

dreaded

Infinitives

Infinitives

to dread
to have dreaded
to be dreading
to have been dreading
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