Conjugation of the verb refute in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb refute in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I refute
  • you refute
  • he|she|it refutes
  • we refute
  • you refute
  • they refute

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 refute in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 refute in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 refute

Present participle

  • refuting

Past participle

  • refuted

Perfect Participle

  • having refuted

The imperative in English, for the verb to refute

Imperative

  • refute
  • let's refute
  • refute

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