| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I colour |
| you colour |
| he/she/it colours |
| we colour |
| you all colour |
| they colour |
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| I am colouring |
| you are colouring |
| he/she/it is colouring |
| we are colouring |
| you all are colouring |
| they are colouring |
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| I have coloured |
| you have coloured |
| he/she/it has coloured |
| we have coloured |
| you all have coloured |
| they have coloured |
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| I have been colouring |
| you have been colouring |
| he/she/it has been colouring |
| we have been colouring |
| you all have been colouring |
| they have been colouring |
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| Past |
| I coloured |
| you coloured |
| he/she/it coloured |
| we coloured |
| you all coloured |
| they coloured |
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| I was colouring |
| you were colouring |
| he/she/it was colouring |
| we were colouring |
| you all were colouring |
| they were colouring |
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| I had coloured |
| you had coloured |
| he/she/it had coloured |
| we had coloured |
| you all had coloured |
| they had coloured |
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| I had been colouring |
| you had been colouring |
| he/she/it had been colouring |
| we had been colouring |
| you all had been colouring |
| they had been colouring |
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| Future |
| I will colour |
| you will colour |
| he/she/it will colour |
| we will colour |
| you all will colour |
| they will colour |
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| I will be colouring |
| you will be colouring |
| he/she/it will be colouring |
| we are colouring |
| you all will be colouring |
| they will be colouring |
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| I will have coloured |
| you will have coloured |
| he/she/it will have coloured |
| we will have coloured |
| you all will have coloured |
| they will have coloured |
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| I will have been colouring |
| you will have been colouring |
| he/she/it will have been colouring |
| we will have been colouring |
| you all will have been colouring |
| they will have been colouring |
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