| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I approach |
| you approach |
| he/she/it approaches |
| we approach |
| you all approach |
| they approach |
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| I am approaching |
| you are approaching |
| he/she/it is approaching |
| we are approaching |
| you all are approaching |
| they are approaching |
|
| I have approached |
| you have approached |
| he/she/it has approached |
| we have approached |
| you all have approached |
| they have approached |
|
| I have been approaching |
| you have been approaching |
| he/she/it has been approaching |
| we have been approaching |
| you all have been approaching |
| they have been approaching |
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| Past |
| I approached |
| you approached |
| he/she/it approached |
| we approached |
| you all approached |
| they approached |
|
| I was approaching |
| you were approaching |
| he/she/it was approaching |
| we were approaching |
| you all were approaching |
| they were approaching |
|
| I had approached |
| you had approached |
| he/she/it had approached |
| we had approached |
| you all had approached |
| they had approached |
|
| I had been approaching |
| you had been approaching |
| he/she/it had been approaching |
| we had been approaching |
| you all had been approaching |
| they had been approaching |
|
| Future |
| I will approach |
| you will approach |
| he/she/it will approach |
| we will approach |
| you all will approach |
| they will approach |
|
| I will be approaching |
| you will be approaching |
| he/she/it will be approaching |
| we are approaching |
| you all will be approaching |
| they will be approaching |
|
| I will have approached |
| you will have approached |
| he/she/it will have approached |
| we will have approached |
| you all will have approached |
| they will have approached |
|
| I will have been approaching |
| you will have been approaching |
| he/she/it will have been approaching |
| we will have been approaching |
| you all will have been approaching |
| they will have been approaching |
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