| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I contrive |
| you contrive |
| he/she/it contrives |
| we contrive |
| you all contrive |
| they contrive |
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| I am contriving |
| you are contriving |
| he/she/it is contriving |
| we are contriving |
| you all are contriving |
| they are contriving |
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| I have contrived |
| you have contrived |
| he/she/it has contrived |
| we have contrived |
| you all have contrived |
| they have contrived |
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| I have been contriving |
| you have been contriving |
| he/she/it has been contriving |
| we have been contriving |
| you all have been contriving |
| they have been contriving |
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| Past |
| I contrived |
| you contrived |
| he/she/it contrived |
| we contrived |
| you all contrived |
| they contrived |
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| I was contriving |
| you were contriving |
| he/she/it was contriving |
| we were contriving |
| you all were contriving |
| they were contriving |
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| I had contrived |
| you had contrived |
| he/she/it had contrived |
| we had contrived |
| you all had contrived |
| they had contrived |
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| I had been contriving |
| you had been contriving |
| he/she/it had been contriving |
| we had been contriving |
| you all had been contriving |
| they had been contriving |
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| Future |
| I will contrive |
| you will contrive |
| he/she/it will contrive |
| we will contrive |
| you all will contrive |
| they will contrive |
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| I will be contriving |
| you will be contriving |
| he/she/it will be contriving |
| we are contriving |
| you all will be contriving |
| they will be contriving |
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| I will have contrived |
| you will have contrived |
| he/she/it will have contrived |
| we will have contrived |
| you all will have contrived |
| they will have contrived |
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| I will have been contriving |
| you will have been contriving |
| he/she/it will have been contriving |
| we will have been contriving |
| you all will have been contriving |
| they will have been contriving |
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