Conjugation of the verb refrain in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb refrain in English.
Conjugation of the verb refrain in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I refrain
- you refrain
- he|she|it refrains
- we refrain
- you refrain
- they refrain
Present Continuous
- I am refraining
- you are refraining
- he|she|it is refraining
- we are refraining
- you are refraining
- they are refraining
Present Perfect
- I have refrained
- you have refrained
- he|she|it has refrained
- we have refrained
- you have refrained
- they have refrained
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been refraining
- you have been refraining
- he|she|it has been refraining
- we have been refraining
- you have been refraining
- they have been refraining
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 refrain in the past tenses
Simple past
- I refrained
- you refrained
- he|she|it refrained
- we refrained
- you refrained
- they refrained
Past continuous
- I was refraining
- you were refraining
- he|she|it was refraining
- we were refraining
- you were refraining
- they were refraining
Past perfect
- I had refrained
- you had refrained
- he|she|it had refrained
- we had refrained
- you had refrained
- they had refrained
Past perfect continuous
- I had been refraining
- you had been refraining
- he|she|it had been refraining
- we had been refraining
- you had been refraining
- they had been refraining
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 refrain in the futur tenses
Future
- I will refrain
- you will refrain
- he|she|it will refrain
- we will refrain
- you will refrain
- they will refrain
Future continuous
- I will be refraining
- you will be refraining
- he|she|it will be refraining
- we will be refraining
- you will be refraining
- they will be refraining
Future perfect
- I will have refrained
- you will have refrained
- he|she|it will have refrained
- we will have refrained
- you will have refrained
- they will have refrained
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been refraining
- you will have been refraining
- he|she|it will have been refraining
- we will have been refraining
- you will have been refraining
- they will have been refraining
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 refrain
The imperative in English, for the verb to refrain
Imperative
- refrain
- let's refrain
- refrain
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