Answer Verb Forms: Past Tense and Past Participle (V1 V2 V3)

Meaning: to give a reply or an answer.

Answer Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Infinitive/Base Form (V1): Answer
Past Tense (V2): Answered
Past Participle Form (V3): Answered
Present Participle/Gerund (V4): Answering
3rd Person Singular (V5): Answers

Answer Past Tense:

Past Tense of Answer is Answered.

Example: Sarah answered the question.

Answer Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Answer is Answered.

Example: Sarah has answered the question.

Answer Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Answer is Answering.

Example: Sarah is answering the question.

Answer 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Answer is Answers.

Example: Sarah answers the question.

Answer Past Tense V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 Forms of Answer Past Simple and Past Participle

Answer Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I answer the question.
  • We/You/They answer the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam answers the question.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am answering the question.
  • We/You/They are answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam is answering the question.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have answered the question.
  • We/You/They have answered the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam has answered the question.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been answering the question.
  • We/You/They have been answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been answering the question.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I answered the question.
  • We/You/They answered the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam answered the question.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was answering the question.
  • We/You/They were answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam was answering the question.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had answered the question.
  • We/You/They had answered the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam had answered the question.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been answering the question.
  • We/You/They had been answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been answering the question.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will answer the question.
  • We/You/They will answer the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam will answer the question.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be answering the question.
  • We/You/They will be answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be answering the question.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have answered the question.
  • We/You/They will have answered the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have answered the question.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been answering the question.
  • We/You/They will have been answering the question.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been answering the question.

Past Tense of Answer Phrasal Verbs

Answer Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Answer back Answered back
Answer for Answered for
Answer to Answered to
Answer up Answered up
Answer back to Answered back to
Answer back for Answered back for
Answer out Answered out
Answer off Answered off
Answer in Answered in
Answer with Answered with

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Answer?

Future Tense of answer is “will answer”.

What is the Present Tense of Answer?

Present Tense of answer is “answer + s/es or ing”.

I/we/you/they answer
He/she/it/singular name answers
Present participle answering

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Answer?

Past perfect tense of take is “had answered”.

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