| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I initiate |
| you initiate |
| he/she/it initiates |
| we initiate |
| you all initiate |
| they initiate |
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| I am initiating |
| you are initiating |
| he/she/it is initiating |
| we are initiating |
| you all are initiating |
| they are initiating |
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| I have initiated |
| you have initiated |
| he/she/it has initiated |
| we have initiated |
| you all have initiated |
| they have initiated |
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| I have been initiating |
| you have been initiating |
| he/she/it has been initiating |
| we have been initiating |
| you all have been initiating |
| they have been initiating |
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| Past |
| I initiated |
| you initiated |
| he/she/it initiated |
| we initiated |
| you all initiated |
| they initiated |
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| I was initiating |
| you were initiating |
| he/she/it was initiating |
| we were initiating |
| you all were initiating |
| they were initiating |
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| I had initiated |
| you had initiated |
| he/she/it had initiated |
| we had initiated |
| you all had initiated |
| they had initiated |
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| I had been initiating |
| you had been initiating |
| he/she/it had been initiating |
| we had been initiating |
| you all had been initiating |
| they had been initiating |
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| Future |
| I will initiate |
| you will initiate |
| he/she/it will initiate |
| we will initiate |
| you all will initiate |
| they will initiate |
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| I will be initiating |
| you will be initiating |
| he/she/it will be initiating |
| we are initiating |
| you all will be initiating |
| they will be initiating |
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| I will have initiated |
| you will have initiated |
| he/she/it will have initiated |
| we will have initiated |
| you all will have initiated |
| they will have initiated |
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| I will have been initiating |
| you will have been initiating |
| he/she/it will have been initiating |
| we will have been initiating |
| you all will have been initiating |
| they will have been initiating |
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