CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SIGHTSEEN
PRESENT
Present
I sightsee
you sightsee
he/she/it sightsees
we sightsee
you sightsee
they sightsee
Present continuous
I am sightseeing
you are sightseeing
he/she/it is sightseeing
we are sightseeing
you are sightseeing
they are sightseeing
Present perfect
I have sightseen
you have sightseen
he/she/it has sightseen
we have sightseen
you have sightseen
they have sightseen
Present perfect continuous
I have been sightseeing
you have been sightseeing
he/she/it has been sightseeing
we have been sightseeing
you have been sightseeing
they have been sightseeing
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 sightsaw
you sightsaw
he/she/it sightsaw
we sightsaw
you sightsaw
they sightsaw
Past continuous
I was sightseeing
you were sightseeing
he/she/it was sightseeing
we were sightseeing
you were sightseeing
they were sightseeing
Past perfect
I had sightseen
you had sightseen
he/she/it had sightseen
we had sightseen
you had sightseen
they had sightseen
Past perfect continuous
I had been sightseeing
you had been sightseeing
he/she/it had been sightseeing
we had been sightseeing
you had been sightseeing
they had been sightseeing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will sightsee
you will sightsee
he/she/it will sightsee
we will sightsee
you will sightsee
they will sightsee
Future continuous
I will be sightseeing
you will be sightseeing
he/she/it will be sightseeing
we will be sightseeing
you will be sightseeing
they will be sightseeing
Future perfect
I will have sightseen
you will have sightseen
he/she/it will have sightseen
we will have sightseen
you will have sightseen
they will have sightseen
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sightseeing
you will have been sightseeing
he/she/it will have been sightseeing
we will have been sightseeing
you will have been sightseeing
they will have been sightseeing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would sightseen
you would sightseen
he/she/it would sightseen
we would sightseen
you would sightseen
they would sightseen
Conditional continuous
I would be sightseeing
you would be sightseeing
he/she/it would be sightseeing
we would be sightseeing
you would be sightseeing
they would be sightseeing
Conditional perfect
I would have sightseen
you would have sightseen
he/she/it would have sightseen
we would have sightseen
you would have sightseen
they would have sightseen
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sightseeing
you would have been sightseeing
he/she/it would have been sightseeing
we would have been sightseeing
you would have been sightseeing
they would have been sightseeing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you sightsee
we let´s sightsee
you sightsee
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
sightseen
Present Participle
sightseeing
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 «SIGHTSEEN»
Discover the use of
sightseen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sightseen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See take sights (of). sightseen. 'Card-sharps' term for the “hedge” or crowd of
members of the public around the action of a three-card-trick conspiracy, each
such undecided person being regarded as a potential “mug'” (Powis, 1977).
sigma ...
... 518 B. C. Paul Chabas discovers September v>f Morn, 1911. £ 5 — Fr — First
Continental Congress met at Philadelphia, 1774. Dog J8( days end. 6 — Sa. —
Lafayette, whose headquarters may be sightseen all over the East, born, 1757.
3
Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art ...
Who would voluntarily put herself in a position to say, “I sightsaw the National
Gallery yesterday," or “I have sightseen the whole City," and then have no proper
parts of speech to say it with? Moreover, I was not willing to go about my London
...
Who would voluntarily put herself in a position to say, “I sightsaw the National
Gallery yesterday," or "I have sightseen the whole City," and then have no proper
parts of speech to say it with? Moreover, I was not willing to go about my London
...
5
Putnam's Monthly and the Critic
Who would voluntarily put herself in a position to say, “I sightsaw the National
Gallery yesterday,” or “I have sightseen the whole City," and then have no proper
parts of speech to say it with? Moreover, I was not willing to go about my London
...
6
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
There is nothing of a mandala about the Red Fort, the only sight I have sightseen
in Delhi so far. It has a splendid high red wall toward the city and a lower wall
with many pleasances toward the meadow where the river Jumna once flowed ...
Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart, James Laughlin, 1975
7
The Sun In My Eyes: Two-Wheeling East
Onceagain, the cycling sightseerhad become the sightseen. Thepromising
outcome of thisencounter wasthat, by regarding meas some sort of halfstarved
vagabond, they showered mewith gifts, most ofwhich were fortuitously edible.
Thus I was ...
8
Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast
... water, watching a golf game on television. Behind me, from the commuters on
my Backwaters Bus, there were titters at that surreal vision, and nudges to
neighbours to look-look-look. In one stroke, the sightseers had become the
sightseen.
Samanth Subramanian, 2012
9
Contemporary Film Theory
But in allcasesthe sight remains the same the activityof representation is notthe
determining factorin the sightseen butsimply the place from where itis seen. The
inevitable result of thisisthat there is something the same which we all see ...
10
Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories / Chosen and Edited ...
"Nay, never wassucha sightseen," Bawn took upthe strain. "And furthermore, it
wassuch a largebear." "Witchcraft," UghGluk suggested. "I know not," Bawn
replied. "I tell only of what my eyes beheld. And after a while the bear grew weak
and ...
