The verb "need" expresses necessity.
Something is important to have. This verb is not normally used
in continuous forms. See below.
1. He doesn't have a home. He needs something to eat and
a place to stay.
2. She needed some help from her father yesterday. (past tense)
She needs the training wheels on her bike. (present tense)
Soon she will need to learn how to ride her
bike without the training wheels. (future tense)
3. He needs someone to talk to.
4. He needs a cup of coffee every morning before
he goes to work.
He might need to get more sleep at night.
5. She will need to bring her lunch to school
today.
6. Penguins have
needed a lot of
help in recent years because of global warming and the loss of
their habitats around the world.
7. The workers at this company say they need more money. That's why they are on strike.
Need
present
tense: need / needs
past
tense: needed
future:
will need
present
continuous: no
past
continuous: no
future
continuous: will be needing (possible) *
present
perfect: has / have needed
past
perfect: had needed
future
perfect: will have needed
present
perfect continuous: has/have been needing *
past
perfect continuous: no
future
perfect continuous:
modal
verbs: ______ need
past
tense modal: ______ have needed
infinitive:
to need
gerund:
needing (not common)
passive:
yes
* "Need"
is not normaly put into the continuous form, but in spoken
English you hear it. However, that doesn't mean it's correct.
It's just that many Americans don't care if it's correct
or not.
