chore – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of chore

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chore
Participle: chored
Gerund: choring

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ichore
youchore
he;she;itchores
wechore
youchore
theychore

Perfect

Ihave chored
youhave chored
he;she;ithas chored
wehave chored
youhave chored
theyhave chored

Past

Ichored
youchored
he;she;itchored
wechored
youchored
theychored

Pluperfect

Ihad chored
youhad chored
he;she;ithad chored
wehad chored
youhad chored
theyhad chored

Future

Iwill chore
youwill chore
he;she;itwill chore
wewill chore
youwill chore
theywill chore

Future Perfect

Iwill have chored
youwill have chored
he;she;itwill have chored
wewill have chored
youwill have chored
theywill have chored

Subjunctive

Present

Ichore
youchore
he;she;itchore
wechore
youchore
theychore

Perfect

Ihave chored
youhave chored
he;she;ithave chored
wehave chored
youhave chored
theyhave chored

Imperfect

Ichored
youchored
he;she;itchored
wechored
youchored
theychored

Pluperfect

Ihad chored
youhad chored
he;she;ithad chored
wehad chored
youhad chored
theyhad chored

Conditional

Present

Iwould chore
youwould chore
he;she;itwould chore
wewould chore
youwould chore
theywould chore

Perfect

Iwould have chored
youwould have chored
he;she;itwould have chored
wewould have chored
youwould have chored
theywould have chored

Imperative

youchore
weLet's chore
youchore

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam choring
youare choring
he;she;itis choring
weare choring
youare choring
theyare choring

Perfect

Ihave been choring
youhave been choring
he;she;ithas been choring
wehave been choring
youhave been choring
theyhave been choring

Past

Iwas choring
youwere choring
he;she;itwas choring
wewere choring
youwere choring
theywere choring

Pluperfect

Ihad been choring
youhad been choring
he;she;ithad been choring
wehad been choring
youhad been choring
theyhad been choring

Future

Iwill be choring
youwill be choring
he;she;itwill be choring
wewill be choring
youwill be choring
theywill be choring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been choring
youwill have been choring
he;she;itwill have been choring
wewill have been choring
youwill have been choring
theywill have been choring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be choring
youwould be choring
he;she;itwould be choring
wewould be choring
youwould be choring
theywould be choring

Perfect

Iwould have been choring
youwould have been choring
he;she;itwould have been choring
wewould have been choring
youwould have been choring
theywould have been choring

Other

Verbs similar to 'chore'

chare, choke, chope, chord, core, shore, whore, adore, blore, bore,

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
2. Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'kiere'.

Sample Sentences

  • "Graham Reid's the thief. I saw him chore the sweeties. Bit naebody's gaun tae believe a spikkin boolie. ..." [1996, Sheena Blackhall, Wittgenstein's Web: Scottish Short Stories, page 11:]