| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I absorb |
| you absorb |
| he/she/it absorbs |
| we absorb |
| you all absorb |
| they absorb |
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| I am absorbing |
| you are absorbing |
| he/she/it is absorbing |
| we are absorbing |
| you all are absorbing |
| they are absorbing |
|
| I have absorbed |
| you have absorbed |
| he/she/it has absorbed |
| we have absorbed |
| you all have absorbed |
| they have absorbed |
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| I have been absorbing |
| you have been absorbing |
| he/she/it has been absorbing |
| we have been absorbing |
| you all have been absorbing |
| they have been absorbing |
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| Past |
| I absorbed |
| you absorbed |
| he/she/it absorbed |
| we absorbed |
| you all absorbed |
| they absorbed |
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| I was absorbing |
| you were absorbing |
| he/she/it was absorbing |
| we were absorbing |
| you all were absorbing |
| they were absorbing |
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| I had absorbed |
| you had absorbed |
| he/she/it had absorbed |
| we had absorbed |
| you all had absorbed |
| they had absorbed |
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| I had been absorbing |
| you had been absorbing |
| he/she/it had been absorbing |
| we had been absorbing |
| you all had been absorbing |
| they had been absorbing |
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| Future |
| I will absorb |
| you will absorb |
| he/she/it will absorb |
| we will absorb |
| you all will absorb |
| they will absorb |
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| I will be absorbing |
| you will be absorbing |
| he/she/it will be absorbing |
| we are absorbing |
| you all will be absorbing |
| they will be absorbing |
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| I will have absorbed |
| you will have absorbed |
| he/she/it will have absorbed |
| we will have absorbed |
| you all will have absorbed |
| they will have absorbed |
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| I will have been absorbing |
| you will have been absorbing |
| he/she/it will have been absorbing |
| we will have been absorbing |
| you all will have been absorbing |
| they will have been absorbing |
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