CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRY
PRESENT
Present
I cry
you cry
he/she/it cries
we cry
you cry
they cry
Present continuous
I am crying
you are crying
he/she/it is crying
we are crying
you are crying
they are crying
Present perfect
I have cried
you have cried
he/she/it has cried
we have cried
you have cried
they have cried
Present perfect continuous
I have been crying
you have been crying
he/she/it has been crying
we have been crying
you have been crying
they have been crying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I cried
you cried
he/she/it cried
we cried
you cried
they cried
Past continuous
I was crying
you were crying
he/she/it was crying
we were crying
you were crying
they were crying
Past perfect
I had cried
you had cried
he/she/it had cried
we had cried
you had cried
they had cried
Past perfect continuous
I had been crying
you had been crying
he/she/it had been crying
we had been crying
you had been crying
they had been crying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will cry
you will cry
he/she/it will cry
we will cry
you will cry
they will cry
Future continuous
I will be crying
you will be crying
he/she/it will be crying
we will be crying
you will be crying
they will be crying
Future perfect
I will have cried
you will have cried
he/she/it will have cried
we will have cried
you will have cried
they will have cried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been crying
you will have been crying
he/she/it will have been crying
we will have been crying
you will have been crying
they will have been crying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would cry
you would cry
he/she/it would cry
we would cry
you would cry
they would cry
Conditional continuous
I would be crying
you would be crying
he/she/it would be crying
we would be crying
you would be crying
they would be crying
Conditional perfect
I would have cry
you would have cry
he/she/it would have cry
we would have cry
you would have cry
they would have cry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been crying
you would have been crying
he/she/it would have been crying
we would have been crying
you would have been crying
they would have been crying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you cry
we let´s cry
you cry
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
crying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRY»
The term «cry» is very widely used and occupies the
4.678 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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10 QUOTES WITH «CRY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
cry.
Mostly I do Iyengar. I like anything that's hard enough to make me cry in class. I like to be pushed over my limit and broken down a little bit.
Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.
I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.
In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.
My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.
For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with.
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
Whenever I open a movie, I go secretly to the theater and stand in the back and enjoy the moment. I laugh when people laugh, and when people cry, I laugh.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRY»
Discover the use of
cry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Battle
Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
2
Cry, the Beloved Country
In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country the statesman, the poet and the novelist meet in a unique harmony.” Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the ...
The author describes the threats and emotional abuse she endured from white student and adults along with her fears of endangering her family as she commited to being one of the first African American students to integrate Central High ...
4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My
Cry
The story of one African-American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.
Linda Beech, Mildred D. Taylor, 1999
5
The Icemark Chronicles #1:
Cry of the Icemark
An epic, highly acclaimed fantasy that has just been optioned as a feature film by Fox 2000!
. . In her own words, this is a revealing insight into Marley's life and legacy' Daily Mirror
Rita Marley, Hettie Jones, 2011
7
Do They Hear You When You
Cry
In the tradition of the international bestsellers Princess and Not Without My Daughter, this is the dramatic and inspirational story of a woman fighting to free herself from the injustices of her culture.
Layli Miller Bashir, Fauziya Kassindja, 2010
8
Big Girls Don't
Cry: The Election that Changed Everything ...
Throughout the book, Traister weaves in her own experience as a thirtysomething feminist sorting through all the events and media coverage—vacillating between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and questioning her own view of feminism, the ...
This is the story of enlisted men – Marines – at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough–and–ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations.
In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cry is used in the context of the following news items.
Retracing Your Steps In Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
My overriding thought whilst playing Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition was, “Well, it's nice, but why does exist?” Set between Devil May Cry 1 ... «TheSixthAxis, Jul 15»
Novak Djokovic Screams At Ball Girl & Makes Her Cry At Wimbledon …
Whoa. Novak Djokovic lost his cool during a Wimbledon match when asking for a towel from a ball girl on Tuesday, July 7. In fact, he ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
Let's all have a good cry with Laura Bassett
To make sure you're prepared for the depths of despondency of this interview, we have employed The Early Lead's cry-o-meter. Let each gif ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Chinese stocks - Time to cry or time to buy?
The Shanghai index has dropped over 30% since mid June. Does that make it an opportunity? Ordinarily a huge move in a market brings out ... «ForexLive, Jul 15»
Leonid Bershidsky: Don't cry for Greeks; they got their money out …
A lot of the money from the two Greek bailouts went to banks, including local ones and the subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in Greece. «National Post, Jul 15»
Socialist battle cry: Frustrated voters look to Sanders
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Along comes Bernie Sanders, sounding the progressive version of the Tea Party outcry, and suddenly voters long ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Blether with Brown: 'Gie the ba' to Julie' was the cry
Blether with Brown: 'Gie the ba' to Julie' was the cry. By John Brown, 8 Jul 2015 6.00am. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) · Click to share ... «Evening Telegraph, Jul 15»
Meredith Hagner: How I cry on demand
"I can weirdly cry on command," she revealed to Maxim magazine. "You gotta deliver. One of my friends had a trick where she would just stare ... «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
MLB All-Star game: #VoteDozier is Twins rallying cry
Minnesota Twins left fielder Eduardo Escobar wears a t-shirt encouraging fans to vote for Twins second baseman Brian Dozier for the 2015 ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
Don the Beachcomber a rallying cry in Sunset Beach fight to keep …
Don the Beachcomber a rallying cry in Sunset Beach fight to keep 'funkiness' · Tilly's building becomes canvas for contemporary mural ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
