CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCURRIED
PRESENT
Present
I scurry
you scurry
he/she/it scurries
we scurry
you scurry
they scurry
Present continuous
I am scurrying
you are scurrying
he/she/it is scurrying
we are scurrying
you are scurrying
they are scurrying
Present perfect
I have scurried
you have scurried
he/she/it has scurried
we have scurried
you have scurried
they have scurried
Present perfect continuous
I have been scurrying
you have been scurrying
he/she/it has been scurrying
we have been scurrying
you have been scurrying
they have been 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 scurried
you scurried
he/she/it scurried
we scurried
you scurried
they scurried
Past continuous
I was scurrying
you were scurrying
he/she/it was scurrying
we were scurrying
you were scurrying
they were scurrying
Past perfect
I had scurried
you had scurried
he/she/it had scurried
we had scurried
you had scurried
they had scurried
Past perfect continuous
I had been scurrying
you had been scurrying
he/she/it had been scurrying
we had been scurrying
you had been scurrying
they had been scurrying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will scurry
you will scurry
he/she/it will scurry
we will scurry
you will scurry
they will scurry
Future continuous
I will be scurrying
you will be scurrying
he/she/it will be scurrying
we will be scurrying
you will be scurrying
they will be scurrying
Future perfect
I will have scurried
you will have scurried
he/she/it will have scurried
we will have scurried
you will have scurried
they will have scurried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scurrying
you will have been scurrying
he/she/it will have been scurrying
we will have been scurrying
you will have been scurrying
they will have been scurrying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would scurried
you would scurried
he/she/it would scurried
we would scurried
you would scurried
they would scurried
Conditional continuous
I would be scurrying
you would be scurrying
he/she/it would be scurrying
we would be scurrying
you would be scurrying
they would be scurrying
Conditional perfect
I would have scurried
you would have scurried
he/she/it would have scurried
we would have scurried
you would have scurried
they would have scurried
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scurrying
you would have been scurrying
he/she/it would have been scurrying
we would have been scurrying
you would have been scurrying
they would have been scurrying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you scurry
we let´s scurry
you scurry
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
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 «SCURRIED»
Discover the use of
scurried in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scurried and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ready to Test, Grade 4: Skills & Strategies
Practice. Test. 2: Language. Part. 2: Usage. Directions: Read the underlined
sentences. Choose the answer that best combines them. 8. The tiny squirrel
peeked from behind the tree. The tiny squirrel scurried away. F The tiny squirrel
peeked ...
American Education Publishing, 2012
2
The Last Cemetery in Berlin: A Post-Holocaust Love Story in ...
All over Germany families scurried to find old Lutheran or Catholic bibles in which
birth and death records were noted, scurried to find baptismal records, scurried to
find archival records, scurried to prove they were not and no one in their family ...
Tania Wisbar, John Mahoney, 2003
3
Scuttling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature ScurryingNow and again bats whirred past, and once a startled wildcat scurried across the path and darted up a tree, crying with terror.ndash;Gertrude Atherton in The Valiant Runaways.As soon as they saw men on horseback, ...
4
Dynamic Read-Aloud Strategies for English Learners: Building ...
appropriate to teach students as part of a read-aloud of this book is the verb
scurried (as in “'Now let's gather all the things we'll need!' she exclaimed as she
scurried toward the back door,” p. 5). Scurried would be a fitting vocabulary word
to ...
Peggy Hickman, Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, 2009
He said, 'Very well', 4 and scurried to it. It asked him: 'Who are you?' And he
replied: 'I? Why, I am Fire! I am J atavedas ! ' 5 'I see! And what sort of power do
you have?' 'I can burn up this whole world, yes, everything on earth!' 6 So it
placed a ...
Recognition came in the form of a stern bufler who scurried across the manicured
lawn and the dusty gravel of the drive with obvious mission of preventing any
interruption of his patrones' relaxation. Peeking around the gatepost, the sisters ...
7
The Lost Spellweaver: Elfdreams of Parallan I
The flame bearers scurried to light as many arrows as they could. “Bring down
the flame carriers, then fire at will!” Rumsie commanded. “It's like shooting fish in
a barrel,” Clarke commented. The Drolls and Kiennites managed another fiery ...
When Luis, Natalie, and I pulled up to the Laundromat and got outofthe car, Ray's
steps scurried uptome. I opened my arms and got readyto apologize. But he
battered mychest with thesides of hisfists, hittingme hard, shocking me,hurting me
, ...
Neal R. Rice. into the straw-filled seat, was a small family of mice. They were all
cuddled next to their momma, trying to stay warm and wait for their poppa to
return. Their poppa had scurried down the buckboard to the edge of the front
wagon ...
Franklin twitched his whiskers, catching the scent, then scurried to where she had
dropped the crumbs. He was the prettiest little rodent she'd ever seen, soft gray-
brown with shiny, button-black wide-open eyes. Over the past few months, ...
Kathleen M. Schurman, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCURRIED»
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scurried is used in the context of the following news items.
Man captures rare photo of raccoon 'riding an alligator'
"I snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away. Without the context you'd think the ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
Snap that! Florida raccoon 'riding' alligator captured on camera
I snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away,” Jones told the Florida Times Union ... «RT, Jun 15»
These Ferret Babies Following Their Mom Just Scurried Their Way …
I'm terrified of rodents. I can recite to you the last 3-4 times I saw a city rat, and explain in great detail exactly how I freaked out about them, and what pitch my ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
How the Cayman Islands Became a FIFA Power
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Chickens scurried about on Friday morning as a bulldozer spread crushed rock for a new soccer field with artificial turf at ... «New York Times, May 15»
President Elect Snookers APC Leaders over Unannounced UK Trip
... a few of them comprising the party's National Leader, Bola Tinubu and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi scurried off to the UK in hot pursuit of Buhari. «THISDAY Live, May 15»
Seal caught on camera trying to steal fish
But what happened next caught everyone by surprise -- a harbor seal jumped out of the ocean and scurried into the fish market. "I'm sure he saw all the ... «KMTR NewsSource 16, May 15»
HOLMBERG: 'Swamp Man' the high-climbing cat rescuer
We all watched in amazement as Swamp Man scurried up the giant oak, grabbed Socks and slid him deftly into a colorful pillowcase and then lowered him ... «wtvr.com, May 15»
Fox in Chernobyl makes double-decker sandwich after journalists …
... Liberty crew was filming in the area for the anniversary of the infamous 1986 nuclear plant explosion when the red-coated animal scurried out of the woods. «New York Daily News, Apr 15»
Hundreds scramble for eggs at Alerus Center
Hundreds of bright-eyed, gleeful children scurried the Alerus Center floor ... Emily, who had a flower painted on her cheek earlier in the morning, scurried to ... «Grand Forks Herald, Apr 15»
Young students discover power of the pen
Then she commanded, “Down vegetables!” Then the vegetables scurried back to their places. Things have changed, and now Dan eats his vegetables all the ... «Royal Gazette, Mar 15»
