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

Meaning: to come or go back to a place or person

Return Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Base Form/Infinitive (V1): Return
Past Tense (V2): Returned
Past Participle Form (V3): Returned
Present Participle/Gerund (V4): Returning
3rd Person Singular (V5): Returns

Return Past Tense:

Past Tense of Return is Returned.

Example: Sarah returned the loan.

Return Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Return is Returned.

Example: Sarah has returned the loan.

Return Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Return is Returning.

Example: Sarah is returning the loan.

Return 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Return is Returns.

Example: Sarah returns the loan.

return past tense

Return Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I return the loan.
  • We/You/They return the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam returns the loan.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am returning the loan.
  • We/You/They are returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam is returning the loan.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have returned the loan.
  • We/You/They have returned the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam has returned the loan.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been returning the loan.
  • We/You/They have been returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been returning the loan.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I returned the loan.
  • We/You/They returned the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam returned the loan.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was returning the loan.
  • We/You/They were returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam was returning the loan.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had returned the loan.
  • We/You/They had returned the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam had returned the loan.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been returning the loan.
  • We/You/They had been returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been returning the loan.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will return the loan.
  • We/You/They will return the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam will return the loan.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be returning the loan.
  • We/You/They will be returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be returning the loan.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have returned the loan.
  • We/You/They will have returned the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have returned the loan.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been returning the loan.
  • We/You/They will have been returning the loan.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been returning the loan.

Past Tense of Return Phrasal Verbs

Return Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Return to Returned to
Return from Returned from
Return with Returned with
Return on Returned on
Return off Returned off
Return over Returned over
Return back Returned back
Return into Returned into
Return up Returned up
Return around Returned around

FAQS

What is the Future Tense of Return?

Future Tense of return is “will return”.

What is the Present Tense of Return?

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

I/we/you/they return
He/she/it/singular name returns
Present participle returning

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Return?

Past perfect tense of take is “had returned”.

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