| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I cavil |
| you cavil |
| he/she/it cavils |
| we cavil |
| you all cavil |
| they cavil |
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| I am caviling |
| you are caviling |
| he/she/it is caviling |
| we are caviling |
| you all are caviling |
| they are caviling |
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| I have caviled |
| you have caviled |
| he/she/it has caviled |
| we have caviled |
| you all have caviled |
| they have caviled |
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| I have been caviling |
| you have been caviling |
| he/she/it has been caviling |
| we have been caviling |
| you all have been caviling |
| they have been caviling |
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| Past |
| I caviled |
| you caviled |
| he/she/it caviled |
| we caviled |
| you all caviled |
| they caviled |
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| I was caviling |
| you were caviling |
| he/she/it was caviling |
| we were caviling |
| you all were caviling |
| they were caviling |
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| I had caviled |
| you had caviled |
| he/she/it had caviled |
| we had caviled |
| you all had caviled |
| they had caviled |
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| I had been caviling |
| you had been caviling |
| he/she/it had been caviling |
| we had been caviling |
| you all had been caviling |
| they had been caviling |
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| Future |
| I will cavil |
| you will cavil |
| he/she/it will cavil |
| we will cavil |
| you all will cavil |
| they will cavil |
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| I will be caviling |
| you will be caviling |
| he/she/it will be caviling |
| we are caviling |
| you all will be caviling |
| they will be caviling |
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| I will have caviled |
| you will have caviled |
| he/she/it will have caviled |
| we will have caviled |
| you all will have caviled |
| they will have caviled |
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| I will have been caviling |
| you will have been caviling |
| he/she/it will have been caviling |
| we will have been caviling |
| you all will have been caviling |
| they will have been caviling |
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