| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I collect |
| you collect |
| he/she/it collects |
| we collect |
| you all collect |
| they collect |
|
| I am collecting |
| you are collecting |
| he/she/it is collecting |
| we are collecting |
| you all are collecting |
| they are collecting |
|
| I have collected |
| you have collected |
| he/she/it has collected |
| we have collected |
| you all have collected |
| they have collected |
|
| I have been collecting |
| you have been collecting |
| he/she/it has been collecting |
| we have been collecting |
| you all have been collecting |
| they have been collecting |
|
| Past |
| I collected |
| you collected |
| he/she/it collected |
| we collected |
| you all collected |
| they collected |
|
| I was collecting |
| you were collecting |
| he/she/it was collecting |
| we were collecting |
| you all were collecting |
| they were collecting |
|
| I had collected |
| you had collected |
| he/she/it had collected |
| we had collected |
| you all had collected |
| they had collected |
|
| I had been collecting |
| you had been collecting |
| he/she/it had been collecting |
| we had been collecting |
| you all had been collecting |
| they had been collecting |
|
| Future |
| I will collect |
| you will collect |
| he/she/it will collect |
| we will collect |
| you all will collect |
| they will collect |
|
| I will be collecting |
| you will be collecting |
| he/she/it will be collecting |
| we are collecting |
| you all will be collecting |
| they will be collecting |
|
| I will have collected |
| you will have collected |
| he/she/it will have collected |
| we will have collected |
| you all will have collected |
| they will have collected |
|
| I will have been collecting |
| you will have been collecting |
| he/she/it will have been collecting |
| we will have been collecting |
| you all will have been collecting |
| they will have been collecting |
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