| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I dovetail |
| you dovetail |
| he/she/it dovetails |
| we dovetail |
| you all dovetail |
| they dovetail |
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| I am dovetailing |
| you are dovetailing |
| he/she/it is dovetailing |
| we are dovetailing |
| you all are dovetailing |
| they are dovetailing |
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| I have dovetailed |
| you have dovetailed |
| he/she/it has dovetailed |
| we have dovetailed |
| you all have dovetailed |
| they have dovetailed |
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| I have been dovetailing |
| you have been dovetailing |
| he/she/it has been dovetailing |
| we have been dovetailing |
| you all have been dovetailing |
| they have been dovetailing |
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| Past |
| I dovetailed |
| you dovetailed |
| he/she/it dovetailed |
| we dovetailed |
| you all dovetailed |
| they dovetailed |
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| I was dovetailing |
| you were dovetailing |
| he/she/it was dovetailing |
| we were dovetailing |
| you all were dovetailing |
| they were dovetailing |
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| I had dovetailed |
| you had dovetailed |
| he/she/it had dovetailed |
| we had dovetailed |
| you all had dovetailed |
| they had dovetailed |
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| I had been dovetailing |
| you had been dovetailing |
| he/she/it had been dovetailing |
| we had been dovetailing |
| you all had been dovetailing |
| they had been dovetailing |
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| Future |
| I will dovetail |
| you will dovetail |
| he/she/it will dovetail |
| we will dovetail |
| you all will dovetail |
| they will dovetail |
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| I will be dovetailing |
| you will be dovetailing |
| he/she/it will be dovetailing |
| we are dovetailing |
| you all will be dovetailing |
| they will be dovetailing |
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| I will have dovetailed |
| you will have dovetailed |
| he/she/it will have dovetailed |
| we will have dovetailed |
| you all will have dovetailed |
| they will have dovetailed |
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| I will have been dovetailing |
| you will have been dovetailing |
| he/she/it will have been dovetailing |
| we will have been dovetailing |
| you all will have been dovetailing |
| they will have been dovetailing |
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