| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I describe |
| you describe |
| he/she/it describes |
| we describe |
| you all describe |
| they describe |
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| I am describing |
| you are describing |
| he/she/it is describing |
| we are describing |
| you all are describing |
| they are describing |
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| I have described |
| you have described |
| he/she/it has described |
| we have described |
| you all have described |
| they have described |
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| I have been describing |
| you have been describing |
| he/she/it has been describing |
| we have been describing |
| you all have been describing |
| they have been describing |
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| Past |
| I described |
| you described |
| he/she/it described |
| we described |
| you all described |
| they described |
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| I was describing |
| you were describing |
| he/she/it was describing |
| we were describing |
| you all were describing |
| they were describing |
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| I had described |
| you had described |
| he/she/it had described |
| we had described |
| you all had described |
| they had described |
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| I had been describing |
| you had been describing |
| he/she/it had been describing |
| we had been describing |
| you all had been describing |
| they had been describing |
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| Future |
| I will describe |
| you will describe |
| he/she/it will describe |
| we will describe |
| you all will describe |
| they will describe |
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| I will be describing |
| you will be describing |
| he/she/it will be describing |
| we are describing |
| you all will be describing |
| they will be describing |
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| I will have described |
| you will have described |
| he/she/it will have described |
| we will have described |
| you all will have described |
| they will have described |
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| I will have been describing |
| you will have been describing |
| he/she/it will have been describing |
| we will have been describing |
| you all will have been describing |
| they will have been describing |
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