Conjugation of the verb refuse in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb refuse in English.

Conjugation of the verb refuse in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I refuse
  • you refuse
  • he|she|it refuses
  • we refuse
  • you refuse
  • they refuse

Present Continuous

  • I am refusing
  • you are refusing
  • he|she|it is refusing
  • we are refusing
  • you are refusing
  • they are refusing

Present Perfect

  • I have refused
  • you have refused
  • he|she|it has refused
  • we have refused
  • you have refused
  • they have refused

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been refusing
  • you have been refusing
  • he|she|it has been refusing
  • we have been refusing
  • you have been refusing
  • they have been refusing

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 refuse in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I refused
  • you refused
  • he|she|it refused
  • we refused
  • you refused
  • they refused

Past continuous

  • I was refusing
  • you were refusing
  • he|she|it was refusing
  • we were refusing
  • you were refusing
  • they were refusing

Past perfect

  • I had refused
  • you had refused
  • he|she|it had refused
  • we had refused
  • you had refused
  • they had refused

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been refusing
  • you had been refusing
  • he|she|it had been refusing
  • we had been refusing
  • you had been refusing
  • they had been refusing

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 refuse in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will refuse
  • you will refuse
  • he|she|it will refuse
  • we will refuse
  • you will refuse
  • they will refuse

Future continuous

  • I will be refusing
  • you will be refusing
  • he|she|it will be refusing
  • we will be refusing
  • you will be refusing
  • they will be refusing

Future perfect

  • I will have refused
  • you will have refused
  • he|she|it will have refused
  • we will have refused
  • you will have refused
  • they will have refused

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been refusing
  • you will have been refusing
  • he|she|it will have been refusing
  • we will have been refusing
  • you will have been refusing
  • they will have been refusing

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 refuse

Present participle

  • refusing

Past participle

  • refused

Perfect Participle

  • having refused

The imperative in English, for the verb to refuse

Imperative

  • refuse
  • let's refuse
  • refuse

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