CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOWN
PRESENT
Present
I sow
you sow
he/she/it sows
we sow
you sow
they sow
Present continuous
I am sowing
you are sowing
he/she/it is sowing
we are sowing
you are sowing
they are sowing
Present perfect
I have sowed
you have sowed
he/she/it has sowed
we have sowed
you have sowed
they have sowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been sowing
you have been sowing
he/she/it has been sowing
we have been sowing
you have been sowing
they have been sowing
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 sowed
you sowed
he/she/it sowed
we sowed
you sowed
they sowed
Past continuous
I was sowing
you were sowing
he/she/it was sowing
we were sowing
you were sowing
they were sowing
Past perfect
I had sowed
you had sowed
he/she/it had sowed
we had sowed
you had sowed
they had sowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been sowing
you had been sowing
he/she/it had been sowing
we had been sowing
you had been sowing
they had been sowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will sow
you will sow
he/she/it will sow
we will sow
you will sow
they will sow
Future continuous
I will be sowing
you will be sowing
he/she/it will be sowing
we will be sowing
you will be sowing
they will be sowing
Future perfect
I will have sowed
you will have sowed
he/she/it will have sowed
we will have sowed
you will have sowed
they will have sowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sowing
you will have been sowing
he/she/it will have been sowing
we will have been sowing
you will have been sowing
they will have been sowing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would sown
you would sown
he/she/it would sown
we would sown
you would sown
they would sown
Conditional continuous
I would be sowing
you would be sowing
he/she/it would be sowing
we would be sowing
you would be sowing
they would be sowing
Conditional perfect
I would have sown
you would have sown
he/she/it would have sown
we would have sown
you would have sown
they would have sown
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sowing
you would have been sowing
he/she/it would have been sowing
we would have been sowing
you would have been sowing
they would have been sowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you sow
we let´s sow
you sow
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
sowing
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 QUOTES WITH «SOWN»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
sown.
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.
Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.
I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.
If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOWN»
Discover the use of
sown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Syria, the Desert and the
Sown
Gertrude Bell's 1907 work Syria, The Desert and the Sown is travel literature of the highest order. She wanted to tell the stories of the people she met on her tremendous adventure through an often-misunderstood land.
2
The Desert and the
Sown
Blending photographs with descriptions of customs and communities, Bell's volume recounts a portion of her groundbreaking 1905 expedition across Syria.
Gertrude Lowthian Bell, 2010
3
The Wild and the
Sown: Botany and Agriculture in Western ...
This book describes the spread of new agricultural practice in the half millennium after 1350, and reconstructs a neglected part of Europe's agricultural past: the introduction of fodder crops, and the continuous reorganisation of ...
4
Seed
Sown: Theme and Reflections on the Sunday Lectionary ...
Jay Cormier comments briefly on the linguistic, theological, and cultural context of the readings for each Sunday and solemnity in the three year lectionary.
5
Beyond the steppe and the
sown: proceedings of the 2002 ...
In this collection of 29 articles, leading researchers and a generation of new scholars join together in questioning the dominant opposing dichotomy in Eurasian archaeology of the 'steppe and sown,' while forging new approaches which ...
David L. Peterson, Laura M. Popova, Adam T. Smith, 2006
6
Wild and
Sown Grasses: Profiles of a Temperate Species ...
With the intensification of agriculture during the last century, the number of grass species was reduced, and a small number have come to dominate the grasslands and the seed market.
Alain Peeters, Cécile Vanbellinghen, John Frame, 2004
At this point, author Ferrel Glade Roundy steps in to tell the continuing stories of these two legendary characters: Huck in Huck Finn Goes West and Jim in Up From The Ashes.
8
Where Mountainy Men Have
Sown
This is a personal record of ambushes, etc., carried out by young Volunteers, who did not wait to be confronted, but went on the attack against better armed and trained men, and emerged victorious.
Micheál Ó Suilleabháin, 2013
9
Sketch of Lectures on Artificial Or
Sown Grasses, as Lucern, ...
good preparation for wheat crops — cultivated with singular advantage on heavy
and dry lands — sometimes on deep gravelly sandy soils — best methods of
preparing the ground, on which red clover-seed should be sown, and the crops, ...
10
Seeds of Greatness
Sown in the Heartland
Peter Zindler. “Don't you remember, Pete? You prayed for me last week and now
my leg is completely healed.” I stopped in my tracks, stunned. In His time, God
had completely healed his infected ankle. When, like the Apostle Peter, we step ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOWN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sown is used in the context of the following news items.
Rain deficit in 9 dists but 92% target of sown area for kharif crops met
On account of a deficient rainfall in nine Haryana districts in the monsoon season, the state has been able to achieve a target of about 92% sown area in the ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
Rectify: “Sown With Salt”
“Here's the deal, folks. For a group to learn together, it's gottaaa…” and here the conductor of the Macon, Georgia Thrifty Town training seminar overestimates ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
Good monsoon spells good news for kharif, sown area up 62% from …
The fast pace of sowing raised hopes that the total sown area could touch the level reached in 2013, when a good monsoon had led to 6% more rainfall than ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
Maharashtra: 60% of land sown, dry July spells trouble for farmers
Following the initial spell of rainfall in June, most farmers began planting crops, and 60% of the state's farm lands have been sown so far. But with the state ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
How central banks have sown the seeds for the next financial crisis
Here's a somewhat scary statistic for those meant to know about these things. After a six-year bull market, the typical stock in America's S&P 500 shares index is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Kharif Crop Sown in 56.22 Lakh Hectare as on 22nd May
The total sown area as on 22nd May, as per reports received from States, stands at 56.22 lakh hectare as compared to 49.04 lakh hectare at this time last year. «Business Standard, May 15»
Think big when deep sowing wheat
Wheat emerging at Mullewa when sown less than 100mm deep (left), and wheat struggling to emerge at Mullewa when sown deeper than 100mm (right). «Farm Weekly, May 15»
J&K's net sown area much lower than national average: NABARD
JAMMU: Net sown area in Jammu and Kashmir at 37.62 per cent, or 9.09 lakh hectare, of total reported area is lower than the national average of 46 per cent, ... «Economic Times, May 15»
Dnipro's Europa League run reaps seeds sown by Yevhen …
Dnipro's Europa League run reaps seeds sown by Yevhen Kucherevskyi. The Ukrainian side are one match from the final, largely thanks to their famous ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Seeds being sown for the next GFC
The global financial crisis started in earnest with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. But an ensemble performance sowed the seeds. «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 14»
