| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I lighten |
| you lighten |
| he/she/it lightens |
| we lighten |
| you all lighten |
| they lighten |
|
| I am lightening |
| you are lightening |
| he/she/it is lightening |
| we are lightening |
| you all are lightening |
| they are lightening |
|
| I have lightened |
| you have lightened |
| he/she/it has lightened |
| we have lightened |
| you all have lightened |
| they have lightened |
|
| I have been lightening |
| you have been lightening |
| he/she/it has been lightening |
| we have been lightening |
| you all have been lightening |
| they have been lightening |
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| Past |
| I lightened |
| you lightened |
| he/she/it lightened |
| we lightened |
| you all lightened |
| they lightened |
|
| I was lightening |
| you were lightening |
| he/she/it was lightening |
| we were lightening |
| you all were lightening |
| they were lightening |
|
| I had lightened |
| you had lightened |
| he/she/it had lightened |
| we had lightened |
| you all had lightened |
| they had lightened |
|
| I had been lightening |
| you had been lightening |
| he/she/it had been lightening |
| we had been lightening |
| you all had been lightening |
| they had been lightening |
|
| Future |
| I will lighten |
| you will lighten |
| he/she/it will lighten |
| we will lighten |
| you all will lighten |
| they will lighten |
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| I will be lightening |
| you will be lightening |
| he/she/it will be lightening |
| we are lightening |
| you all will be lightening |
| they will be lightening |
|
| I will have lightened |
| you will have lightened |
| he/she/it will have lightened |
| we will have lightened |
| you all will have lightened |
| they will have lightened |
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| I will have been lightening |
| you will have been lightening |
| he/she/it will have been lightening |
| we will have been lightening |
| you all will have been lightening |
| they will have been lightening |
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