Conjugation of the verb refer in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb refer in English.
Conjugation of the verb refer in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I refer
- you refer
- he|she|it refers
- we refer
- you refer
- they refer
Present Continuous
- I am referring
- you are referring
- he|she|it is referring
- we are referring
- you are referring
- they are referring
Present Perfect
- I have referred
- you have referred
- he|she|it has referred
- we have referred
- you have referred
- they have referred
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been referring
- you have been referring
- he|she|it has been referring
- we have been referring
- you have been referring
- they have been referring
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 refer in the past tenses
Simple past
- I referred
- you referred
- he|she|it referred
- we referred
- you referred
- they referred
Past continuous
- I was referring
- you were referring
- he|she|it was referring
- we were referring
- you were referring
- they were referring
Past perfect
- I had referred
- you had referred
- he|she|it had referred
- we had referred
- you had referred
- they had referred
Past perfect continuous
- I had been referring
- you had been referring
- he|she|it had been referring
- we had been referring
- you had been referring
- they had been referring
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 refer in the futur tenses
Future
- I will refer
- you will refer
- he|she|it will refer
- we will refer
- you will refer
- they will refer
Future continuous
- I will be referring
- you will be referring
- he|she|it will be referring
- we will be referring
- you will be referring
- they will be referring
Future perfect
- I will have referred
- you will have referred
- he|she|it will have referred
- we will have referred
- you will have referred
- they will have referred
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been referring
- you will have been referring
- he|she|it will have been referring
- we will have been referring
- you will have been referring
- they will have been referring
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.
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