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Grammar reference

cost

Irregular verb — eleven tense patterns across all persons

Irregular forms

base: costpast: costpast participle: cost

Present simple

Third person singular adds -s or -es.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I costyou costhe/she/it costswe costthey cost

Present continuous

am / is / are + -ing.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I am costingyou are costinghe/she/it is costingwe are costingthey are costing

Present perfect

have / has + past participle.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I have costyou have costhe/she/it has costwe have costthey have cost

Present perfect continuous

have / has been + -ing.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I have been costingyou have been costinghe/she/it has been costingwe have been costingthey have been costing

Past simple

One form for every person.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I costyou costhe/she/it costwe costthey cost

Past continuous

was / were + -ing.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I was costingyou were costinghe/she/it was costingwe were costingthey were costing

Past perfect

had + past participle.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I had costyou had costhe/she/it had costwe had costthey had cost

Future simple

will + base form, the same for every person.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I will costyou will costhe/she/it will costwe will costthey will cost

Future perfect

will have + past participle.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I will have costyou will have costhe/she/it will have costwe will have costthey will have cost

Conditional

would + base form.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I would costyou would costhe/she/it would costwe would costthey would cost

Subjunctive

Required after insist, demand, suggest and in formal that-clauses.
Iyouhe/she/itwethey
I costyou costhe/she/it costwe costthey cost