Understand Past Tense! The word understand is an irregular verb. The past and past participle form of the verb understand is understood. The principal forms and conjugation of the verb understand are given below.
Must Learn: Join Past Tense
Understand Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 & Past Tense and Past Participle
| Infinitive | Present or Base Form | V2-Past or Second Form | V3-Past Participle or 3rd Form | Present Participle or -ing Form |
| To understand | Understand (third-person singular understands) | Understood | Understood | Understanding |
Verb Understand Conjugation Examples
Verb Understand Present Tense
- I/We understand
- He/She/It understands
- You/They understand
Understand Past Tense
- I/We understood
- He/She/It understood
- You/They understood
Understand Future Tense
- I/We will understand
- He/She/It will understand
- You/They will understand
Present Continuous Tense
- I am + present participle of understand
- He/She/It is + present participle of understand
- We/You/They are + present participle of understand
Past Continuous Tense
- I/He/She/It was + present participle of understand
- We/You/They were understanding
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We/He/She/It will be understanding
- You/They will be understanding
Present Perfect Tense
- I/We/You/They have understood
- He/She/It has understood
Understand Past Perfect Tense
- I/We/You/They had understood
- He/she/It had understood
Future Perfect Tense
- I/We will have understood
- He/she/It will have understood
- You/They will have understood
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We have been + present participle of understand
- He/She/It has been + present participle of understand
- You/They have been + present participle of understand
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We had been + present participle of understand
- He/She/It had been + present participle of understand
- You/They had been + present participle of understand
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We/You/They will have been + present participle of understand
- He/She/It will have been + present participle of understand
Conjugating Understand Subjunctive Mood
Present
- If I understand
- If we understand
- If you understand
- If he/she/it understand
- If they understand
Past
- If I understood
- If we understood
- If you understood
- If you understood
- If he/she/it understood
- If they understood
Future
- If I should understand
- If we should understand
- If you should understand
- If you should understand
- If he/she/it should understand
- If they should understand
Understand Example Sentences
- The teacher explained the whole topic again, but we still didn’t understand.
- Every employee understands that tomorrow we only have to spend three hours.
- The technician understood the nature of the problem.
- He understood what I was trying to say.
- She hasn’t understood the teacher since the new semester began.
Related:
- Past Tense of Draw
- Past Tense of See
- Apply Past Tense
- Past Tense of Cook
- Bath Past Tense and Past Participle
