Cling Past Tense and Past Participle! The word “Cling” is an irregular verb. The past tense and past participle of cling is clung. Clinging is the present participle, and “clings” is the third-person singular present form of cling.
Cling Meaning: to grip something tightly, often with resistance to letting go.
Forms of Irregular Verb Cling (V1V2V3 &V4)
Present Form of Cling | Past Tense | Third Form of Cling/ Past Participle | Cling Present Participle |
Cling (Clings 3rd Person singular) | Clung | Clung | Clinging |
Cling V1 V2 V3 & V3 Form Conjugation
Cling Present Simple Tense
- I/We cling
- He/She/It clings
- You/They cling
Past Simple Tense of Cling
- I/We clung
- He/She/It clung
- You/They clung
Cling Future Simple Tense
- I/We will cling
- He/She/It will cling
- You/They will cling
Present Perfect Tense of Cling
- I/We have clung
- He/She/It has clung
- You/They have clung
Past Perfect Tense of Cling
- I/We had clung
- He/She/It had clung
- You/They had clung
Cling Future Tense
- I/We will have clung
- He/She/It will have clung
- You/They will have clung
Present Continuous Tense
- I am clinging
- He/She/It is clinging
- We/You/They are clinging
Past Continuous Tense
- I was clinging
- He/She/It was clinging
- We/You/They were clinging
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be clinging
- He/She/It will be clinging
- You/They will be clinging
Present Perfect Continuous
- I/We have been clinging
- He/She/It has been clinging
- You/They have been clinging
Past Perfect Continuous
- I/We had been clinging
- He/She/It had been clinging
- You/They had been clinging
Future Perfect Continuous
- I/We will have been clinging
- He/She/It will have been clinging
- You/They will have been clinging
Example Sentences of The Verb Cling
- The two children clung together under the tree.
- The books were clinging together when I removed them from the parcel.
- The climbers were clinging to the tree.
- The clothes were clung to us in the rain.
- The road clings to the forest for several kilometers.
- They cling the price stickers to the fruit carton.
- The molecules cling to each other.
- The goats clung together, shivering with cold.
- The smell of the cigarette still clung to my clothes.
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