| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I contend |
| you contend |
| he/she/it contends |
| we contend |
| you all contend |
| they contend |
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| I am contending |
| you are contending |
| he/she/it is contending |
| we are contending |
| you all are contending |
| they are contending |
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| I have contended |
| you have contended |
| he/she/it has contended |
| we have contended |
| you all have contended |
| they have contended |
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| I have been contending |
| you have been contending |
| he/she/it has been contending |
| we have been contending |
| you all have been contending |
| they have been contending |
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| Past |
| I contended |
| you contended |
| he/she/it contended |
| we contended |
| you all contended |
| they contended |
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| I was contending |
| you were contending |
| he/she/it was contending |
| we were contending |
| you all were contending |
| they were contending |
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| I had contended |
| you had contended |
| he/she/it had contended |
| we had contended |
| you all had contended |
| they had contended |
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| I had been contending |
| you had been contending |
| he/she/it had been contending |
| we had been contending |
| you all had been contending |
| they had been contending |
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| Future |
| I will contend |
| you will contend |
| he/she/it will contend |
| we will contend |
| you all will contend |
| they will contend |
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| I will be contending |
| you will be contending |
| he/she/it will be contending |
| we are contending |
| you all will be contending |
| they will be contending |
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| I will have contended |
| you will have contended |
| he/she/it will have contended |
| we will have contended |
| you all will have contended |
| they will have contended |
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| I will have been contending |
| you will have been contending |
| he/she/it will have been contending |
| we will have been contending |
| you all will have been contending |
| they will have been contending |
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