To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
Infinitivegovern
Past simplegoverned
Past participlegoverned
-ing formgoverning
Full conjugation of the English verb to govern (past simple governed,
past participle governed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
govern
you
govern
he/she/it
governs
we
govern
you
govern
they
govern
Present continuous
I
am governing
you
are governing
he/she/it
is governing
we
are governing
you
are governing
they
are governing
Present perfect
I
have governed
you
have governed
he/she/it
has governed
we
have governed
you
have governed
they
have governed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been governing
you
have been governing
he/she/it
has been governing
we
have been governing
you
have been governing
they
have been governing
Past simple
I
governed
you
governed
he/she/it
governed
we
governed
you
governed
they
governed
Past continuous
I
was governing
you
were governing
he/she/it
was governing
we
were governing
you
were governing
they
were governing
Past perfect
I
had governed
you
had governed
he/she/it
had governed
we
had governed
you
had governed
they
had governed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been governing
you
had been governing
he/she/it
had been governing
we
had been governing
you
had been governing
they
had been governing
Future simple
I
will govern
you
will govern
he/she/it
will govern
we
will govern
you
will govern
they
will govern
Future continuous
I
will be governing
you
will be governing
he/she/it
will be governing
we
will be governing
you
will be governing
they
will be governing
Future perfect
I
will have governed
you
will have governed
he/she/it
will have governed
we
will have governed
you
will have governed
they
will have governed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been governing
you
will have been governing
he/she/it
will have been governing
we
will have been governing
you
will have been governing
they
will have been governing
Conditional
Present
I
would govern
you
would govern
he/she/it
would govern
we
would govern
you
would govern
they
would govern
Present continuous
I
would be governing
you
would be governing
he/she/it
would be governing
we
would be governing
you
would be governing
they
would be governing
Perfect
I
would have governed
you
would have governed
he/she/it
would have governed
we
would have governed
you
would have governed
they
would have governed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been governing
you
would have been governing
he/she/it
would have been governing
we
would have been governing
you
would have been governing
they
would have been governing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
govern
that you
govern
that he/she/it
govern
that we
govern
that you
govern
that they
govern
Past
if I
governed
if you
governed
if he/she/it
governed
if we
governed
if you
governed
if they
governed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
govern
we
let's govern
Negative
you
don't govern
we
let's not govern
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to govern
Perfect infinitive
to have governed
Present participle / gerund
governing
Past participle
governed
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