| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I desert |
| you desert |
| he/she/it deserts |
| we desert |
| you all desert |
| they desert |
|
| I am deserting |
| you are deserting |
| he/she/it is deserting |
| we are deserting |
| you all are deserting |
| they are deserting |
|
| I have deserted |
| you have deserted |
| he/she/it has deserted |
| we have deserted |
| you all have deserted |
| they have deserted |
|
| I have been deserting |
| you have been deserting |
| he/she/it has been deserting |
| we have been deserting |
| you all have been deserting |
| they have been deserting |
|
| Past |
| I deserted |
| you deserted |
| he/she/it deserted |
| we deserted |
| you all deserted |
| they deserted |
|
| I was deserting |
| you were deserting |
| he/she/it was deserting |
| we were deserting |
| you all were deserting |
| they were deserting |
|
| I had deserted |
| you had deserted |
| he/she/it had deserted |
| we had deserted |
| you all had deserted |
| they had deserted |
|
| I had been deserting |
| you had been deserting |
| he/she/it had been deserting |
| we had been deserting |
| you all had been deserting |
| they had been deserting |
|
| Future |
| I will desert |
| you will desert |
| he/she/it will desert |
| we will desert |
| you all will desert |
| they will desert |
|
| I will be deserting |
| you will be deserting |
| he/she/it will be deserting |
| we are deserting |
| you all will be deserting |
| they will be deserting |
|
| I will have deserted |
| you will have deserted |
| he/she/it will have deserted |
| we will have deserted |
| you all will have deserted |
| they will have deserted |
|
| I will have been deserting |
| you will have been deserting |
| he/she/it will have been deserting |
| we will have been deserting |
| you all will have been deserting |
| they will have been deserting |
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