📌

Remember this!

The present tense form of 'clothe' is clothe or clothes. Example: He clothes himself in stylish outfits. (He clothes himself in stylish outfits.)

Definition of “clothe”

to provide someone with clothing
to cover or dress oneself in clothing

Tense sentence structure and examples:

📝

Notes from a Native English Speaker

Here are the general structures of a present and past participle. Remember, some verbs have an irregular form and may not follow this structure: Present Participle: [Verb] -ing Past Participle: [Verb] -ed

Present Simple	clothe
Present Continuous	clothing
Present Perfect	clothed

Present Simple

The simple present tense is used to describe habitual, regular, or general facts.

Subject + Verb + (Object)

Example

She clothes her children in comfortable clothes.

Example

They clothe themselves in traditional attire.

Present Continuous

The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking or future plans.

Subject + am/is/are + Present Participle + (Object)

Example

I am clothing myself for the party.

Example

They are clothing the mannequins in the store display.

Present Perfect

The present perfect tense is used to indicate actions completed at some point in the past but relevant to the present.

Subject + have/has + Past Participle + (Object)

Example

She has clothed her family in stylish outfits.

Example

They have clothed themselves in matching costumes.

clothe Subject-Verb Agreement

📝

Notes from a Native English Speaker

Subject-verb agreement means that a subject and its verb match. They’re either both plural or both singular. A singular subject takes a singular verb. - Example: The cat is sleeping. A plural subject takes a plural verb. - Example: The cats are sleeping.

In the present tense, 'clothe' follows the typical rule of adding 's' when the subject is third person singular (he, she, it), but it remains the same for all other subjects (first person, second person, and plural subjects).