Conjugation of the verb rub in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb rub in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I rub
  • you rub
  • he|she|it rubs
  • we rub
  • you rub
  • they rub

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 rub in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 rub in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 rub

Present participle

  • rubbing

Past participle

  • rubbed

Perfect Participle

  • having rubbed

The imperative in English, for the verb to rub

Imperative

  • rub
  • let's rub
  • rub

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