| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I perch |
| you perch |
| he/she/it perches |
| we perch |
| you all perch |
| they perch |
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| I am perching |
| you are perching |
| he/she/it is perching |
| we are perching |
| you all are perching |
| they are perching |
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| I have perched |
| you have perched |
| he/she/it has perched |
| we have perched |
| you all have perched |
| they have perched |
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| I have been perching |
| you have been perching |
| he/she/it has been perching |
| we have been perching |
| you all have been perching |
| they have been perching |
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| Past |
| I perched |
| you perched |
| he/she/it perched |
| we perched |
| you all perched |
| they perched |
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| I was perching |
| you were perching |
| he/she/it was perching |
| we were perching |
| you all were perching |
| they were perching |
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| I had perched |
| you had perched |
| he/she/it had perched |
| we had perched |
| you all had perched |
| they had perched |
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| I had been perching |
| you had been perching |
| he/she/it had been perching |
| we had been perching |
| you all had been perching |
| they had been perching |
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| Future |
| I will perch |
| you will perch |
| he/she/it will perch |
| we will perch |
| you all will perch |
| they will perch |
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| I will be perching |
| you will be perching |
| he/she/it will be perching |
| we are perching |
| you all will be perching |
| they will be perching |
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| I will have perched |
| you will have perched |
| he/she/it will have perched |
| we will have perched |
| you all will have perched |
| they will have perched |
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| I will have been perching |
| you will have been perching |
| he/she/it will have been perching |
| we will have been perching |
| you all will have been perching |
| they will have been perching |
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