| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I espouse |
| you espouse |
| he/she/it espouses |
| we espouse |
| you all espouse |
| they espouse |
|
| I am espousing |
| you are espousing |
| he/she/it is espousing |
| we are espousing |
| you all are espousing |
| they are espousing |
|
| I have espoused |
| you have espoused |
| he/she/it has espoused |
| we have espoused |
| you all have espoused |
| they have espoused |
|
| I have been espousing |
| you have been espousing |
| he/she/it has been espousing |
| we have been espousing |
| you all have been espousing |
| they have been espousing |
|
| Past |
| I espoused |
| you espoused |
| he/she/it espoused |
| we espoused |
| you all espoused |
| they espoused |
|
| I was espousing |
| you were espousing |
| he/she/it was espousing |
| we were espousing |
| you all were espousing |
| they were espousing |
|
| I had espoused |
| you had espoused |
| he/she/it had espoused |
| we had espoused |
| you all had espoused |
| they had espoused |
|
| I had been espousing |
| you had been espousing |
| he/she/it had been espousing |
| we had been espousing |
| you all had been espousing |
| they had been espousing |
|
| Future |
| I will espouse |
| you will espouse |
| he/she/it will espouse |
| we will espouse |
| you all will espouse |
| they will espouse |
|
| I will be espousing |
| you will be espousing |
| he/she/it will be espousing |
| we are espousing |
| you all will be espousing |
| they will be espousing |
|
| I will have espoused |
| you will have espoused |
| he/she/it will have espoused |
| we will have espoused |
| you all will have espoused |
| they will have espoused |
|
| I will have been espousing |
| you will have been espousing |
| he/she/it will have been espousing |
| we will have been espousing |
| you all will have been espousing |
| they will have been espousing |
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