| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I pretend |
| you pretend |
| he/she/it pretends |
| we pretend |
| you all pretend |
| they pretend |
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| I am pretending |
| you are pretending |
| he/she/it is pretending |
| we are pretending |
| you all are pretending |
| they are pretending |
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| I have pretended |
| you have pretended |
| he/she/it has pretended |
| we have pretended |
| you all have pretended |
| they have pretended |
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| I have been pretending |
| you have been pretending |
| he/she/it has been pretending |
| we have been pretending |
| you all have been pretending |
| they have been pretending |
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| Past |
| I pretended |
| you pretended |
| he/she/it pretended |
| we pretended |
| you all pretended |
| they pretended |
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| I was pretending |
| you were pretending |
| he/she/it was pretending |
| we were pretending |
| you all were pretending |
| they were pretending |
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| I had pretended |
| you had pretended |
| he/she/it had pretended |
| we had pretended |
| you all had pretended |
| they had pretended |
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| I had been pretending |
| you had been pretending |
| he/she/it had been pretending |
| we had been pretending |
| you all had been pretending |
| they had been pretending |
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| Future |
| I will pretend |
| you will pretend |
| he/she/it will pretend |
| we will pretend |
| you all will pretend |
| they will pretend |
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| I will be pretending |
| you will be pretending |
| he/she/it will be pretending |
| we are pretending |
| you all will be pretending |
| they will be pretending |
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| I will have pretended |
| you will have pretended |
| he/she/it will have pretended |
| we will have pretended |
| you all will have pretended |
| they will have pretended |
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| I will have been pretending |
| you will have been pretending |
| he/she/it will have been pretending |
| we will have been pretending |
| you all will have been pretending |
| they will have been pretending |
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