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

Meaning: to move or cause to move from a stopped position, especially in order to do something.

Start Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Base Form/Infinitive (V1): Start
Past Tense (V2): Started
Past Participle Form (V3): Started
Present Participle/Gerund (V4): Starting
3rd Person Singular (V5): Starts

Start Past Tense:

Past Tense of Start is Started.

Example: Sarah started the engine.

Start Past Participle:

Past Participle Form of Start is Started.

Example: Sarah has started the engine.

Start Present Participle:

Present Participle Form of Start is Starting.

Example: Sarah is starting the engine.

Start 3rd Person Singular:

3rd Person Singular of Start is Starts.

Example: Sarah starts the engine.

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Start Conjugation

Indefinite / Simple Present Tense

  • I start the engine.
  • We/You/They start the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam starts the engine.

Present Continuous Tense

  • I am starting the engine.
  • We/You/They are starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam is starting the engine.

Present Perfect Tense

  • I have started the engine.
  • We/You/They have started the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam has started the engine.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I have been starting the engine.
  • We/You/They have been starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam has been starting the engine.

Indefinite / Simple Past Tense

  • I started the engine.
  • We/You/They started the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam started the engine.

Past Continuous Tense

  • I was starting the engine.
  • We/You/They were starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam was starting the engine.

Past Perfect Tense

  • I had started the engine.
  • We/You/They had started the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam had started the engine.

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I had been starting the engine.
  • We/You/They had been starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam had been starting the engine.

Indefinite / Simple Future Tense

  • I will start the engine.
  • We/You/They will start the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam will start the engine.

Future Continuous Tense

  • I will be starting the engine.
  • We/You/They will be starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam will be starting the engine.

Future Perfect Tense

  • I will have started the engine.
  • We/You/They will have started the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have started the engine.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

  • I will have been starting the engine.
  • We/You/They will have been starting the engine.
  • He/She/It/Adam will have been starting the engine.

Past Tense of Start Phrasal Verbs

Start Phrasal Verbs Past Tense
Start up Started up
Start off Started off
Start in Started in
Start out Started out
Start over Started over
Start on Started on
Start with Started with
Start for Started for
Start about Started about
Start to Started to

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What is the Future Tense of Start?

Future Tense of start is “will start”.

What is the Present Tense of Start?

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

I/we/you/they start
He/she/it/singular name starts
Present participle starting

What is the Past Perfect Tense of Start?

Past perfect tense of take is “had started”.