Example Sentences of the Verb Cut

You can cut your steak or you can cut through paper, but can you correctly use the irregular verb cut for each tense? This page provides example sentences of the verb cut in all tenses including active and passive forms, as well as conditional and modal forms. Test your understanding with the quiz at the end! All Tenses of Cut Base Form cut / Past Simple cut / Past Participle cut / Gerund cutting Present Simple I cut paper with those scissors. Present Simple Passive Paper is cut by John. Present Continuous He is cutting the figures out now. Present Continuous Passive The figures are being cut out now. Present Perfect Jack has cut out fifteen figures. Present Perfect Passive Fifteen figures have been cut out by John. Present Perfect Continuous I have been cutting out figures for the past twenty minutes. Past Simple He cut out twenty figures yesterday. Past Simple Passive Twenty figures were cut out yesterday. Past Continuous He was cutting the paper when she came into the room. Past Continuous Passive The paper was being cut when she came into the room. Past Perfect Jane had cut out the figures before they began the work on pasting. Past Perfect Passive The figures had been cut out before they began the work on pasting. Past Perfect Continuous They had been cutting out figures for two hours before they began the difficult work. Future (will) She will cut those out. Dont worry. Future (will) passive Those figures will be cut out by Jack. Future (going to) Jack is going to cut those figures out. Future (going to) passive Those figures are going to be cut out by Jack. Future Continuous We will be cutting figures out at two tomorrow afternoon. Future Perfect Jack will have cut out all the figures by the time we begin. Future Possibility Jennifer might cut class tomorrow. Real Conditional If she cuts class, the teacher will be angry. Unreal Conditional If she cut class, the teacher would be angry. Past Unreal Conditional If she had cut class, the teacher would have been angry. Present Modal You must cut these out before you begin. Past Modal Jack might have cut out those figures. Quiz: Conjugate With Cut Use the verb to cut to conjugate the following sentences. Quiz answers are below. In some cases, more than one answer may be correct. Fifteen figures _____ out by John.I _____ paper with those scissors.Jane _____ out the figures before they began the work on pasting.She ____ those out. Dont worry.He ____ out twenty figures yesterday.Jack will _____ out all the figures by the time we begin.If she _____ class, the teacher will be angry.The figures _____ out before they began the work on pasting.Paper _____ by John in our company.Jennifer _____ class tomorrow. You never know. Quiz Answers have been cutcuthad cutwill cutcuthave cutcutshad been cutis cutmight cut