| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I grip |
| you grip |
| he/she/it grips |
| we grip |
| you all grip |
| they grip |
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| I am gripping |
| you are gripping |
| he/she/it is gripping |
| we are gripping |
| you all are gripping |
| they are gripping |
|
| I have gripped |
| you have gripped |
| he/she/it has gripped |
| we have gripped |
| you all have gripped |
| they have gripped |
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| I have been gripping |
| you have been gripping |
| he/she/it has been gripping |
| we have been gripping |
| you all have been gripping |
| they have been gripping |
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| Past |
| I gripped |
| you gripped |
| he/she/it gripped |
| we gripped |
| you all gripped |
| they gripped |
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| I was gripping |
| you were gripping |
| he/she/it was gripping |
| we were gripping |
| you all were gripping |
| they were gripping |
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| I had gripped |
| you had gripped |
| he/she/it had gripped |
| we had gripped |
| you all had gripped |
| they had gripped |
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| I had been gripping |
| you had been gripping |
| he/she/it had been gripping |
| we had been gripping |
| you all had been gripping |
| they had been gripping |
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| Future |
| I will grip |
| you will grip |
| he/she/it will grip |
| we will grip |
| you all will grip |
| they will grip |
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| I will be gripping |
| you will be gripping |
| he/she/it will be gripping |
| we are gripping |
| you all will be gripping |
| they will be gripping |
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| I will have gripped |
| you will have gripped |
| he/she/it will have gripped |
| we will have gripped |
| you all will have gripped |
| they will have gripped |
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| I will have been gripping |
| you will have been gripping |
| he/she/it will have been gripping |
| we will have been gripping |
| you all will have been gripping |
| they will have been gripping |
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