Conjugation of the verb tough in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb tough in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I tough
  • you tough
  • he|she|it toughs
  • we tough
  • you tough
  • they tough

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 tough in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 tough in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 tough

Present participle

  • toughing

Past participle

  • toughed

Perfect Participle

  • having toughed

The imperative in English, for the verb to tough

Imperative

  • tough
  • let's tough
  • tough

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