| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I hesitate |
| you hesitate |
| he/she/it hesitates |
| we hesitate |
| you all hesitate |
| they hesitate |
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| I am hesitating |
| you are hesitating |
| he/she/it is hesitating |
| we are hesitating |
| you all are hesitating |
| they are hesitating |
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| I have hesitated |
| you have hesitated |
| he/she/it has hesitated |
| we have hesitated |
| you all have hesitated |
| they have hesitated |
|
| I have been hesitating |
| you have been hesitating |
| he/she/it has been hesitating |
| we have been hesitating |
| you all have been hesitating |
| they have been hesitating |
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| Past |
| I hesitated |
| you hesitated |
| he/she/it hesitated |
| we hesitated |
| you all hesitated |
| they hesitated |
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| I was hesitating |
| you were hesitating |
| he/she/it was hesitating |
| we were hesitating |
| you all were hesitating |
| they were hesitating |
|
| I had hesitated |
| you had hesitated |
| he/she/it had hesitated |
| we had hesitated |
| you all had hesitated |
| they had hesitated |
|
| I had been hesitating |
| you had been hesitating |
| he/she/it had been hesitating |
| we had been hesitating |
| you all had been hesitating |
| they had been hesitating |
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| Future |
| I will hesitate |
| you will hesitate |
| he/she/it will hesitate |
| we will hesitate |
| you all will hesitate |
| they will hesitate |
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| I will be hesitating |
| you will be hesitating |
| he/she/it will be hesitating |
| we are hesitating |
| you all will be hesitating |
| they will be hesitating |
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| I will have hesitated |
| you will have hesitated |
| he/she/it will have hesitated |
| we will have hesitated |
| you all will have hesitated |
| they will have hesitated |
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| I will have been hesitating |
| you will have been hesitating |
| he/she/it will have been hesitating |
| we will have been hesitating |
| you all will have been hesitating |
| they will have been hesitating |
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