| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I explain |
| you explain |
| he/she/it explains |
| we explain |
| you all explain |
| they explain |
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| I am explaining |
| you are explaining |
| he/she/it is explaining |
| we are explaining |
| you all are explaining |
| they are explaining |
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| I have explained |
| you have explained |
| he/she/it has explained |
| we have explained |
| you all have explained |
| they have explained |
|
| I have been explaining |
| you have been explaining |
| he/she/it has been explaining |
| we have been explaining |
| you all have been explaining |
| they have been explaining |
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| Past |
| I explained |
| you explained |
| he/she/it explained |
| we explained |
| you all explained |
| they explained |
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| I was explaining |
| you were explaining |
| he/she/it was explaining |
| we were explaining |
| you all were explaining |
| they were explaining |
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| I had explained |
| you had explained |
| he/she/it had explained |
| we had explained |
| you all had explained |
| they had explained |
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| I had been explaining |
| you had been explaining |
| he/she/it had been explaining |
| we had been explaining |
| you all had been explaining |
| they had been explaining |
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| Future |
| I will explain |
| you will explain |
| he/she/it will explain |
| we will explain |
| you all will explain |
| they will explain |
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| I will be explaining |
| you will be explaining |
| he/she/it will be explaining |
| we are explaining |
| you all will be explaining |
| they will be explaining |
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| I will have explained |
| you will have explained |
| he/she/it will have explained |
| we will have explained |
| you all will have explained |
| they will have explained |
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| I will have been explaining |
| you will have been explaining |
| he/she/it will have been explaining |
| we will have been explaining |
| you all will have been explaining |
| they will have been explaining |
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