📌

Remember this!

The present tense form of 'engirding' is engirds. Example: He engirds his waist with a leather belt. (He engirds his waist with a leather belt.)

Definition of “engirds”

to surround or encircle with a girdle or belt
to confine or restrict

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	engirds
Present Continuous	engirding
Present Perfect	engirded

Present Simple

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

Subject + Verb + (Object)

Example

He engirds his waist with a belt every morning.

Example

They engird the tree trunk with a rope.

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 engirding the box with tape.

Example

They are engirding the building with scaffolding.

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 engirded her waist with a corset.

Example

They have engirded the area with a barrier.

engirds 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, 'engirding' 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).