Conjugation of the verb work-to-rule in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb work-to-rule in English.

Conjugation of the verb work-to-rule in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I work-to-rule
  • you work-to-rule
  • he|she|it work-to-rules
  • we work-to-rule
  • you work-to-rule
  • they work-to-rule

Present Continuous

  • I am work-to-ruling
  • you are work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it is work-to-ruling
  • we are work-to-ruling
  • you are work-to-ruling
  • they are work-to-ruling

Present Perfect

  • I have work-to-ruled
  • you have work-to-ruled
  • he|she|it has work-to-ruled
  • we have work-to-ruled
  • you have work-to-ruled
  • they have work-to-ruled

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been work-to-ruling
  • you have been work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it has been work-to-ruling
  • we have been work-to-ruling
  • you have been work-to-ruling
  • they have been work-to-ruling

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 work-to-rule in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I work-to-ruled
  • you work-to-ruled
  • he|she|it work-to-ruled
  • we work-to-ruled
  • you work-to-ruled
  • they work-to-ruled

Past continuous

  • I was work-to-ruling
  • you were work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it was work-to-ruling
  • we were work-to-ruling
  • you were work-to-ruling
  • they were work-to-ruling

Past perfect

  • I had work-to-ruled
  • you had work-to-ruled
  • he|she|it had work-to-ruled
  • we had work-to-ruled
  • you had work-to-ruled
  • they had work-to-ruled

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been work-to-ruling
  • you had been work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it had been work-to-ruling
  • we had been work-to-ruling
  • you had been work-to-ruling
  • they had been work-to-ruling

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 work-to-rule in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will work-to-rule
  • you will work-to-rule
  • he|she|it will work-to-rule
  • we will work-to-rule
  • you will work-to-rule
  • they will work-to-rule

Future continuous

  • I will be work-to-ruling
  • you will be work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it will be work-to-ruling
  • we will be work-to-ruling
  • you will be work-to-ruling
  • they will be work-to-ruling

Future perfect

  • I will have work-to-ruled
  • you will have work-to-ruled
  • he|she|it will have work-to-ruled
  • we will have work-to-ruled
  • you will have work-to-ruled
  • they will have work-to-ruled

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been work-to-ruling
  • you will have been work-to-ruling
  • he|she|it will have been work-to-ruling
  • we will have been work-to-ruling
  • you will have been work-to-ruling
  • they will have been work-to-ruling

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 work-to-rule

Present participle

  • work-to-ruling

Past participle

  • work-to-ruled

Perfect Participle

  • having work-to-ruled

The imperative in English, for the verb to work-to-rule

Imperative

  • work-to-rule
  • let's work-to-rule
  • work-to-rule

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