What is the past tense of greet? The verb greet is a regular verb. We make its past tense and past participle when we -ed to the root/infinitive form. The past and the past participle verb forms of greet are greeted. The meaning and four principal parts of the verb greet are given below.
Meaning: to welcome someone with particular wordsÂ
Infinitive: to greet
Present: greet (greets)Â
Past: greeted
Past Participle: greeted
Present Participle: greeting
Conjugation of Greet Active Voice
Present Simple Tense
- I/We greet
- He/She/It greets
- You/They greet
Past Simple Tense
- I/We greeted
- He/She/It greeted
- You/They greeted
Future Simple Tense
- I/We will greet
- He/She/It will greet
- You/They will greet
Present Continuous Tense
- I am greeting
- He/She/It is greeting
- We/You/They are greeting
Past Continuous Tense
- I was greeting
- He/She/It was greeting
- We/You/They were greeting
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be greeting
- He/She/It will be greeting
- You/They will be greeting
Present Perfect Tense
- I/We have greeted
- He/She/It has greeted
- You/They have greeted
Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had greeted
- He/She/It had greeted
- You/They had greeted
Future Perfect Tense
- I/We will have greeted
- He/She/It will have greeted
- You/They will have greeted
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We have been greeting
- He/She/It has been greeting
- You/They have been greeting
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We had been greeting
- He/She/It had been greeting
- You/They had been greeting
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We will have been greeting
- He/She/It will have been greeting
- You/They will have been greeting
Conjugation of Greet Passive Voice
Present Simple Tense
- I am greeted
- We/You are greeted
- He/She/It is greeted
- They are greeted
Past Simple Tense
- I was greeted
- We/You were greeted
- He/She/It was greeted
- They were greeted
Future Simple Tense
- I/We will be greeted
- He/She/It will be greeted
- You/They will be greeted
Present Continuous Tense
- I am being greeted
- We/You are being greeted
- He/She/It is being greeted
- They are being greeted
Past Continuous Tense
- I was being greeted
- We/You were being greeted
- He/She/It was being greeted
- They were being greeted
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be being greeted
- You will be being greeted
- He/She/It will be being greeted
- They will be being greeted
Present Perfect Tense
- I/We have been greeted
- He/She/It has been greeted
- You/They have been greeted
Past Perfect Tense
- I had been greeted
- We had been greeted
- He/She/It had been greeted
- You/They had been greeted
Future Perfect Tense
- I will have been greeted
- We will have been greeted
- He/She/It will have been greeted
- You/They will have been greeted
Conjugation of Greet Subjunctive Mood Active Voice
Present
- If I greet
- If we greet
- If you greet
- If he/she/It greet
- If they greet
Past
- If I greeted
- If we greeted
- If you greeted
- If he/she/It greeted
- If they greeted
Future
- If I should greet
- If we should greet
- If you should greet
- If he/she/it should greet
- If they should greet
Conjugation of Greet Subjunctive Mood Passive Voice
Present
- If I be greeted
- If we be greeted
- If you be greeted
- If he/she/It be greeted
- If they be greeted
PastÂ
- If I were greeted
- If we were greeted
- If you were greeted
- If he/she/It were greeted
- If they were greeted
Future
- If I should be seen
- If we should be seen
- If you should be seen
- If he/she/it should be seen
- If they should be seen
ConditionalÂ
Present
- I/We would/should greet
- He/She/It would greet
- You/They would greet
Perfect
- I/We should/would have greeted
- He/She/It would have greeted
- You/They would have greeted
Example Sentences
- The professor greeted us at the door.
- His dad greeted me with lovely words.
- The CEO was greeted with flowers.