| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I drift |
| you drift |
| he/she/it drifts |
| we drift |
| you all drift |
| they drift |
|
| I am drifting |
| you are drifting |
| he/she/it is drifting |
| we are drifting |
| you all are drifting |
| they are drifting |
|
| I have drifted |
| you have drifted |
| he/she/it has drifted |
| we have drifted |
| you all have drifted |
| they have drifted |
|
| I have been drifting |
| you have been drifting |
| he/she/it has been drifting |
| we have been drifting |
| you all have been drifting |
| they have been drifting |
|
| Past |
| I drifted |
| you drifted |
| he/she/it drifted |
| we drifted |
| you all drifted |
| they drifted |
|
| I was drifting |
| you were drifting |
| he/she/it was drifting |
| we were drifting |
| you all were drifting |
| they were drifting |
|
| I had drifted |
| you had drifted |
| he/she/it had drifted |
| we had drifted |
| you all had drifted |
| they had drifted |
|
| I had been drifting |
| you had been drifting |
| he/she/it had been drifting |
| we had been drifting |
| you all had been drifting |
| they had been drifting |
|
| Future |
| I will drift |
| you will drift |
| he/she/it will drift |
| we will drift |
| you all will drift |
| they will drift |
|
| I will be drifting |
| you will be drifting |
| he/she/it will be drifting |
| we are drifting |
| you all will be drifting |
| they will be drifting |
|
| I will have drifted |
| you will have drifted |
| he/she/it will have drifted |
| we will have drifted |
| you all will have drifted |
| they will have drifted |
|
| I will have been drifting |
| you will have been drifting |
| he/she/it will have been drifting |
| we will have been drifting |
| you all will have been drifting |
| they will have been drifting |
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