Past Tense of Shine: The word shine is mostly used as an irregular verb in English. The present tense and past tense of shine is ‘shine,’ and shone respectively. The following are principal forms of the verb shine.
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Meaning: give off / reflect light, be bright
Shine Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
Infinitive | To shine |
Present Tense/First form of Shine | Shine (3rd person singular shines) |
Past Tense of Shine | Shone |
Present Participle or Continuous Form | Shining |
Perfect Infinitive | To have shone |
Past Participle Form of Shine | Shone |
Gerund | Shining |
Perfect Gerund | Having shone |
The word ‘shined’ is also used as the past-tense form of shine. In this case, the past and past participle of ‘shine’ is shined.
Shine Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 Examples Conjugation (Active Voice)
Shine Present Simple Tense
- I/We shine
- He (She, It) shines
- You /They shine
Shine Past Simple Tense
- I/We shone/shined
- He (She, It) shone/shined
- You/They shone/shined
Shine Future Simple Tense
- I shall/will shine
- We shall/will shine
- You shall/will shine
- He (She, It) shall/will shine
- They shall/will shine
Shine Present Continuous Tense
- I am shining
- We/You are shining
- He (She, It) is shining
- They are shining
Shine Past Continuous Tense
- I was shining
- We/You were shining
- He (She, It) was shining
- They were shining
Shine Future Continuous Tense
- I/We shall/will be shining
- He (She, It) shall/will be shining
- You/They shall/will be shining
Shine Present Perfect Tense
- I/We have shone/shined
- He (She, It) has shone/shined
- You/They have shone/shined
Shine Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had shone/shined
- He (She, It) had shone/shined
- You/They had shone/shined
Shine Future Perfect Tense
- I/We shall/will have shone/shined
- He (She, It) shall/will have shone/shined
- You/They shall/will have shone/shined
Shine Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We have been shining
- He (She, It) has been shining
- You/They have been shining
Shine Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We had been shining
- He (She, It) had been shining
- You/They had been shining
Shine Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We shall/will have been shining
- You shall/will have been shining
- He (She, It) shall/will have been shining
- They shall/will have been shining, shined
Conjugation of Verb Shine (Passive Voice)
Present Simple Tense
- I am shone/shined
- We/You/They are shone/shined
- He (She, It) is shone/shined
Past Simple Tense
- I was shone/shined
- We/You/They were shone/shined
- He (She, It) was shone/shined
Future Simple Tense
- I/We shall/will be shone/shined
- He (She, It) shall/will be shone/shined
- You/They shall/will be shone/shined
Present Continuous Tense
- I am being shone/shined
- We/You/They are being shone/shined
- He (She, It) is being shone/shined
Past Continuous Tense
- I was being shone or shined
- We/You/They were being shone or shined
- He (She, It) was being shone or shined
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We/You shall/will be being shone or shined
- He (She, It) shall/will be being shone or shined
- They shall/will be being shone, shined
Present Perfect Tense
- I/We have been shone or shined
- You/They have been shone or shined
- He (She, It) has been shone or shined
Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had been shone or shined
- He (She, It) had been shone or shined
- You/They had been shone or shined
Future Perfect Tense
- I/We shall/will have been shone or shined
- He (She, It) shall/will have been shone or shined
- You/They shall/will have been shone or shined
Conjugation of Verb Shine Imperative Mood (Active Voice)
Present Tense
- If I shine
- If we shine
- If you shine
- If he (she, it) shine
- If they shine
Past Tense
- If I shone, shined
- If we shone, shined
- If you shone, shined
- If he (she, it) shone, shined
- If they shone, shined
Future Tense
- If I should shine
- If we should shine
- If you should shine
- If he (she, it) should shine
- If they should shine
Conjugation of Verb Shine Imperative Mood (Passive Voice)
Present Tense
- If I be shone, shined
- If we be shone, shined
- If you be shone, shined
- If he (she, it) be shone, shined
- If they be shone, shined
Past Tense
- If I were shone, shined
- If we were shone, shined
- If you were shone, shined
- If he (she, it) were shone, shined If they were shone, shined
Future Tense
- If I should be shone, shined
- If we should be shone, shined
- If you should be shone, shined
- If he (she, it) should be shone, shined
- If they should be shone, shined
Conditional
Present Conditional
- I should/would shine
- We should/would shine
- You would shine
- He (She, It) would shine
- They would shine
Perfect Conditional
- I should/would have shone
- You would have shone
- He (She, It) would have shone
- We should/would have shone
- You would shine
- They would have shone
Using Shine, Shone, and Shining in Sentences
- The sun always shines in the United States.
- A light is shining on the ground.
- She shone the light right into the dog’s eyes.
- His mother’s eyes are shining with happiness.
- The girl’s hair shone like gold.
- That light is shining inmy eyes.
- The sun shone all day.
FAQ
What are the three forms of shine?
The three forms, also called V1, V2, and V3 forms of shine are shine, shone/shined, and shone/shined.
Is shined a word?
Yes, the word shined is the past and past participle form of the verb shine.
Shined or shone, which one is correct?
Both shined and shone are correct to use. We use shined as the past form of shine when we use it transitively.