CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HURRY-SCURRY
PRESENT
Present
I hurry-scurry
you hurry-scurry
he/she/it hurry-scurries
we hurry-scurry
you hurry-scurry
they hurry-scurry
Present continuous
I am hurry-scurrying
you are hurry-scurrying
he/she/it is hurry-scurrying
we are hurry-scurrying
you are hurry-scurrying
they are hurry-scurrying
Present perfect
I have hurry-scurried
you have hurry-scurried
he/she/it has hurry-scurried
we have hurry-scurried
you have hurry-scurried
they have hurry-scurried
Present perfect continuous
I have been hurry-scurrying
you have been hurry-scurrying
he/she/it has been hurry-scurrying
we have been hurry-scurrying
you have been hurry-scurrying
they have been hurry-scurrying
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 hurry-scurried
you hurry-scurried
he/she/it hurry-scurried
we hurry-scurried
you hurry-scurried
they hurry-scurried
Past continuous
I was hurry-scurrying
you were hurry-scurrying
he/she/it was hurry-scurrying
we were hurry-scurrying
you were hurry-scurrying
they were hurry-scurrying
Past perfect
I had hurry-scurried
you had hurry-scurried
he/she/it had hurry-scurried
we had hurry-scurried
you had hurry-scurried
they had hurry-scurried
Past perfect continuous
I had been hurry-scurrying
you had been hurry-scurrying
he/she/it had been hurry-scurrying
we had been hurry-scurrying
you had been hurry-scurrying
they had been hurry-scurrying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will hurry-scurry
you will hurry-scurry
he/she/it will hurry-scurry
we will hurry-scurry
you will hurry-scurry
they will hurry-scurry
Future continuous
I will be hurry-scurrying
you will be hurry-scurrying
he/she/it will be hurry-scurrying
we will be hurry-scurrying
you will be hurry-scurrying
they will be hurry-scurrying
Future perfect
I will have hurry-scurried
you will have hurry-scurried
he/she/it will have hurry-scurried
we will have hurry-scurried
you will have hurry-scurried
they will have hurry-scurried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hurry-scurrying
you will have been hurry-scurrying
he/she/it will have been hurry-scurrying
we will have been hurry-scurrying
you will have been hurry-scurrying
they will have been hurry-scurrying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would hurry-scurry
you would hurry-scurry
he/she/it would hurry-scurry
we would hurry-scurry
you would hurry-scurry
they would hurry-scurry
Conditional continuous
I would be hurry-scurrying
you would be hurry-scurrying
he/she/it would be hurry-scurrying
we would be hurry-scurrying
you would be hurry-scurrying
they would be hurry-scurrying
Conditional perfect
I would have hurry-scurry
you would have hurry-scurry
he/she/it would have hurry-scurry
we would have hurry-scurry
you would have hurry-scurry
they would have hurry-scurry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hurry-scurrying
you would have been hurry-scurrying
he/she/it would have been hurry-scurrying
we would have been hurry-scurrying
you would have been hurry-scurrying
they would have been hurry-scurrying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you hurry-scurry
we let´s hurry-scurry
you hurry-scurry
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hurry-scurry
Past participle
hurry-scurried
Present Participle
hurry-scurrying
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.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HURRY-SCURRY»
Discover the use of
hurry-scurry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hurry-scurry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage
eluding Fred Littlejohn and his family — were led by armed guards out of the
swamp to a Collins plantation called Hurry Scurry in Franklin County, one
hundred and twenty miles away. Hurry Scurry was smaller than Somerset. When
the slaves ...
Dorothy Spruill Redford, 2000
hurry-scurry make strides, do some tall stepping, bowl along, hie one's way, Inf.
make it snappy, look alive. 2. accelerate, quicken, hasten, push forward, advance
, precipitate; stimulate, arouse, rouse, vivify, animate, bestir, instigate, motivate, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
3
Mindful of Words: Spelling and Vocabulary Explorations 4-8
Sorting by Meaning Noun Verb dilly-dally (fiddle-faddle) (hurry-scurry) (pitter-
patter) (shilly-shally) (teeter-totter) Adjective/Adverb itty-bitty (harum-scarum)
helter-skelter lovey-dovey pell-mell rinky-dink (shilly-shally) teeny-weeny willy-
nilly ...
So in hurry, scurry, worry, work, his living days are spent, And he does his final
camping in a low green tent. “Hurry, scurry, worry, work!” Truman sighed. “That's
the way it is.” Another day, in September, riding in his limousine on the way to ...
5
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
3. A late C.17 exclam. of impatience or indignation: coll. Otway; Mrs Behn. hurry-
scurry, n A (hurried, disorderly) rush or a crowded rushing-on or -about: coll.:
1754 (SOD). Ex the adj—2. A hack race: Aus. sporting: since ca. 1920. K5.
Prichard ...
6
Hurry Scurry Worry:
Hurry Scurry
Hurry Scurry Worry lets kids know that they are not alone in having seemingly thousands of activities that make up a kid's week. Hurry Scurry Worry has a positive outlook on this increasingly hectic world.
Brooke Davis, Michael Whitlatch, 2007
Where's my wheelbarrow? (He goes to the wheelbarrow.) Where's my
wheelbarrow? Hurry scurry, hurry scurry. Morning, Glow Worm. Glow Worm Good
morning, Ant. Ant (pushingpast with the wheelbarrow) Excuse me. No time to be
lost.
The Reverend George Patterson, "transporting their children and their household
stuff in the farm wagons" by way of Tarboro, had led a second group to Hurry
Scurry plantation in northern Orange County. And a third group went to
Northwood ...
9
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Ex the adj. hurry-scurry , v. 'To run or rush in confused and undignified haste' (
S.O.D.): coll: from ca 1770. Prob. ex the n. hurry-scurry , adj. Characterized by
hurried disorder: coll: 1732. A reduplication on hurry suggested by scurry. hurry-
scurry ...
10
The 21st Century Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
4 ASAP Hurry-scurry: 3 ADO "Hurry up!": 4 CMON 6 COMEON 7 HOPTOIT 8
STEPONIT Hurston, Neale Writer: 4 ZORA Hurston, Zora Author: 5 NEALE Hurt: 3
AIL MAR 4 ACHE HARM PAIN 5 ACHED AILED SMART 6 HARMED OFFEND 7
...
Kevin McCann, Mark Diehl, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HURRY-SCURRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hurry-scurry is used in the context of the following news items.
Staffing, money hinder Indianapolis animal shelter
“There have been various times where we've gotten a lot of publicity about the problems, and then there's a hurry-scurry by the administration ... «WISH-TV, Dec 14»
Great Art Escape joins Winterfest
It's a hurry-scurry holiday weekend coming up, what with shopping, wrapping gifts, grocery shopping, socializing, and on and on. The following ... «Toledo Blade, Dec 14»
Potpourri: This, that and the other
Grande Prairie's 10,365 residents took a deserved breather in December 1964 from yet another hurry-scurry year of growth. The six-year-old ... «Alberta Daily Herald Tribune, Dec 14»
Little changes at Indy's understaffed, sometimes squalid animal shelter
"There have been various times where we've gotten a lot of publicity about the problems, and then there's a hurry-scurry by the administration ... «Indianapolis Star, Nov 14»
Previewing the 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule: Ole Miss …
Though they share a system, Ole Miss has not enjoyed the same level of success as its hurry-scurry brethren. After a pair of solid years of ... «Roll 'Bama Roll, Aug 14»
Time to clean up our act
Put a piece of rubbish in our hands, however, and we degenerate into zombie figures, leading our hurry-scurry, lobotomised lives without any ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 13»
Donna Tartt's 'Goldfinch'
In this hurry-scurry age, big books are viewed with suspicion, and sometimes disdain. The book buyer's suspicions are more justifiable. «New York Times, Oct 13»
USA Cricket: Bringing out the cricket in Americans
No water break, no innings break, in that impulsive, hurry-scurry, spirit so characteristic of American sports and one the cricket world has always ... «Dreamcricket, Aug 13»
Review: Naples Players get laughs with "Leading Ladies"
Armstrong in particular lives up to the frantic, hurry-scurry-worry atmosphere of farce; Goetz carries many of the scenes with wonderfully dazed ... «Naples Daily News, Nov 12»
Fitness challenge: Qigong
... I can transform into a "fire-breathing dragon" on occasion, particularly when I'm giving my school-aged kids the hurry-scurry in the mornings ... «New Zealand Herald, Oct 12»
