| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I defend |
| you defend |
| he/she/it defends |
| we defend |
| you all defend |
| they defend |
|
| I am defending |
| you are defending |
| he/she/it is defending |
| we are defending |
| you all are defending |
| they are defending |
|
| I have defended |
| you have defended |
| he/she/it has defended |
| we have defended |
| you all have defended |
| they have defended |
|
| I have been defending |
| you have been defending |
| he/she/it has been defending |
| we have been defending |
| you all have been defending |
| they have been defending |
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| Past |
| I defended |
| you defended |
| he/she/it defended |
| we defended |
| you all defended |
| they defended |
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| I was defending |
| you were defending |
| he/she/it was defending |
| we were defending |
| you all were defending |
| they were defending |
|
| I had defended |
| you had defended |
| he/she/it had defended |
| we had defended |
| you all had defended |
| they had defended |
|
| I had been defending |
| you had been defending |
| he/she/it had been defending |
| we had been defending |
| you all had been defending |
| they had been defending |
|
| Future |
| I will defend |
| you will defend |
| he/she/it will defend |
| we will defend |
| you all will defend |
| they will defend |
|
| I will be defending |
| you will be defending |
| he/she/it will be defending |
| we are defending |
| you all will be defending |
| they will be defending |
|
| I will have defended |
| you will have defended |
| he/she/it will have defended |
| we will have defended |
| you all will have defended |
| they will have defended |
|
| I will have been defending |
| you will have been defending |
| he/she/it will have been defending |
| we will have been defending |
| you all will have been defending |
| they will have been defending |
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