Conjugation of to dread

All tenses of the English verb, with every person.

to dread
To fear greatly.
regular verb
Infinitivedread
Past simpledreaded
Past participledreaded
-ing formdreading
Full conjugation of the English verb to dread (past simple dreaded, past participle dreaded): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

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 simple

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 simple

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

Conditional

Present

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

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

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

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

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

Imperative

Affirmative

you dread
we let's dread

Negative

you don't dread
we let's not dread

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to dread

Perfect infinitive

to have dreaded

Present participle / gerund

dreading

Past participle

dreaded

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