| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I grit |
| you grit |
| he/she/it grits |
| we grit |
| you all grit |
| they grit |
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| I am gritting |
| you are gritting |
| he/she/it is gritting |
| we are gritting |
| you all are gritting |
| they are gritting |
|
| I have gritted |
| you have gritted |
| he/she/it has gritted |
| we have gritted |
| you all have gritted |
| they have gritted |
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| I have been gritting |
| you have been gritting |
| he/she/it has been gritting |
| we have been gritting |
| you all have been gritting |
| they have been gritting |
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| Past |
| I gritted |
| you gritted |
| he/she/it gritted |
| we gritted |
| you all gritted |
| they gritted |
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| I was gritting |
| you were gritting |
| he/she/it was gritting |
| we were gritting |
| you all were gritting |
| they were gritting |
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| I had gritted |
| you had gritted |
| he/she/it had gritted |
| we had gritted |
| you all had gritted |
| they had gritted |
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| I had been gritting |
| you had been gritting |
| he/she/it had been gritting |
| we had been gritting |
| you all had been gritting |
| they had been gritting |
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| Future |
| I will grit |
| you will grit |
| he/she/it will grit |
| we will grit |
| you all will grit |
| they will grit |
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| I will be gritting |
| you will be gritting |
| he/she/it will be gritting |
| we are gritting |
| you all will be gritting |
| they will be gritting |
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| I will have gritted |
| you will have gritted |
| he/she/it will have gritted |
| we will have gritted |
| you all will have gritted |
| they will have gritted |
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| I will have been gritting |
| you will have been gritting |
| he/she/it will have been gritting |
| we will have been gritting |
| you all will have been gritting |
| they will have been gritting |
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