Past Tense of Tear? The word “Tear” is an irregular verb. The past tense and past participle of tear are tore and torn, respectively. In this article, we will discuss the verb tear’s meaning, forms and conjugation in both active and passive voice.
Tear Meaning: to rip pieces off something (such as paper or cloth) or create a hole in something by the same means
Tear Past Tense and Past Participle & V1V2V3
| Tear Present Tense or V1 | Tear Past Tense or V2 | Tear Past Participle Form or V3 | Tear Present Participle or V4 |
| Tear | Tore | Torn | Tearing |
Conjugation of Tear (Present, Past & Past Participle)
Tear Present Tense
Subject + Tear Present Form
- I/We tear
- He/She/It tears
- You/They tear
Tear Past Tense
Subject + Tear Past Form
- I/We tore
- He/She/It tore
- You/They tore
Tear Future Tense
Subject + will + Tear Present Form
- I/We will tear
- He/She/It will tear
- You/They will tear
Present Continuous Tense
Subject + is/am/are + Tear Present Participle
- I am tearing
- He/She/It is tearing
- We/You/They are tearing
Past Continuous Tense
Subject + was/were + Tear Present Participle
- I was tearing
- He/She/It was tearing
- We/You/They were tearing
Future Continuous Tense
Subject + will be + Tear Present Participle
- I/We will be tearing
- He/She/It will be tearing
- You/They will be tearing
Tear Present Perfect Tense
Subject + have/has + Tear Past Participle
- I/We have torn
- He/She/It has torn
- You/They have torn
Tear Past Perfect
Subject + had + Tear Past Participle
- I/We had torn
- He/She/It had torn
- You/They had torn
Tear Future Perfect Tense
Subject + will have + Tear Past Participle
- I/We will have torn
- He/She/It will have torn
- You/They will have torn
Present Perfect Continuous
Subject + have/has + been + Tear Present Participle
- I/We have been tearing
- He/She/It has been tearing
- You/They have been tearing
Past Perfect Continuous
Subject + had + been + Tear Present Participle
- I/We had been tearing
- He/She/It had been tearing
- You/They had been tearing
Future Perfect Continuous
Subject + will have+ been + Tear Present Participle
- I/We will have been tearing
- He/She/It will have been tearing
- You/They will have been tearing
Conjugation of Tear Passive Voice
| Infinitive | Present Participle | Perfect Infinitive | Past Participle |
| To be torn | Being torn | To have been torn | Been torn |
Present Simple Tense
- I am torn
- He/She/It is torn
- We/You/They are torn
Past Simple Tense
- I was torn
- He/She/It was torn
- We/You/They were torn
Future Simple Tense
- I/We will be torn
- He/She/It will be torn
- You/They will be torn
Present Continuous Tense
- I am being torn
- He/She/It is being torn
- We/You/They are being tom
Past Continuous Tense
- I was being torn
- He/She/It was being torn
- We/You/They were being tom
Present Perfect Tense
- I/We have been torn
- He/She/It has been tom
- You/They have been tom
Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had been torn
- He/She/It had been tom
- You/They had been tom
Future Perfect Tense
- I/We will have been torn
- He/She/It will have been torn
- You/They will have been torn
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