| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I pierce |
| you pierce |
| he/she/it pierces |
| we pierce |
| you all pierce |
| they pierce |
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| I am piercing |
| you are piercing |
| he/she/it is piercing |
| we are piercing |
| you all are piercing |
| they are piercing |
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| I have pierced |
| you have pierced |
| he/she/it has pierced |
| we have pierced |
| you all have pierced |
| they have pierced |
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| I have been piercing |
| you have been piercing |
| he/she/it has been piercing |
| we have been piercing |
| you all have been piercing |
| they have been piercing |
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| Past |
| I pierced |
| you pierced |
| he/she/it pierced |
| we pierced |
| you all pierced |
| they pierced |
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| I was piercing |
| you were piercing |
| he/she/it was piercing |
| we were piercing |
| you all were piercing |
| they were piercing |
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| I had pierced |
| you had pierced |
| he/she/it had pierced |
| we had pierced |
| you all had pierced |
| they had pierced |
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| I had been piercing |
| you had been piercing |
| he/she/it had been piercing |
| we had been piercing |
| you all had been piercing |
| they had been piercing |
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| Future |
| I will pierce |
| you will pierce |
| he/she/it will pierce |
| we will pierce |
| you all will pierce |
| they will pierce |
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| I will be piercing |
| you will be piercing |
| he/she/it will be piercing |
| we are piercing |
| you all will be piercing |
| they will be piercing |
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| I will have pierced |
| you will have pierced |
| he/she/it will have pierced |
| we will have pierced |
| you all will have pierced |
| they will have pierced |
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| I will have been piercing |
| you will have been piercing |
| he/she/it will have been piercing |
| we will have been piercing |
| you all will have been piercing |
| they will have been piercing |
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