Conjugation of the verb abstain in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb abstain in English.
Conjugation of the verb abstain in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I abstain
- you abstain
- he|she|it abstains
- we abstain
- you abstain
- they abstain
Present Continuous
- I am abstaining
- you are abstaining
- he|she|it is abstaining
- we are abstaining
- you are abstaining
- they are abstaining
Present Perfect
- I have abstained
- you have abstained
- he|she|it has abstained
- we have abstained
- you have abstained
- they have abstained
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been abstaining
- you have been abstaining
- he|she|it has been abstaining
- we have been abstaining
- you have been abstaining
- they have been abstaining
How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.
Conjugation of the verb abstain in the past tenses
Simple past
- I abstained
- you abstained
- he|she|it abstained
- we abstained
- you abstained
- they abstained
Past continuous
- I was abstaining
- you were abstaining
- he|she|it was abstaining
- we were abstaining
- you were abstaining
- they were abstaining
Past perfect
- I had abstained
- you had abstained
- he|she|it had abstained
- we had abstained
- you had abstained
- they had abstained
Past perfect continuous
- I had been abstaining
- you had been abstaining
- he|she|it had been abstaining
- we had been abstaining
- you had been abstaining
- they had been abstaining
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.
Conjugation of the verb abstain in the futur tenses
Future
- I will abstain
- you will abstain
- he|she|it will abstain
- we will abstain
- you will abstain
- they will abstain
Future continuous
- I will be abstaining
- you will be abstaining
- he|she|it will be abstaining
- we will be abstaining
- you will be abstaining
- they will be abstaining
Future perfect
- I will have abstained
- you will have abstained
- he|she|it will have abstained
- we will have abstained
- you will have abstained
- they will have abstained
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been abstaining
- you will have been abstaining
- he|she|it will have been abstaining
- we will have been abstaining
- you will have been abstaining
- they will have been abstaining
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.
The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to abstain
The imperative in English, for the verb to abstain
Imperative
- abstain
- let's abstain
- abstain
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