| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I shear |
| you shear |
| he/she/it shears |
| we shear |
| you all shear |
| they shear |
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| I am shearing |
| you are shearing |
| he/she/it is shearing |
| we are shearing |
| you all are shearing |
| they are shearing |
|
| I have sheared |
| you have sheared |
| he/she/it has sheared |
| we have sheared |
| you all have sheared |
| they have sheared |
|
| I have been shearing |
| you have been shearing |
| he/she/it has been shearing |
| we have been shearing |
| you all have been shearing |
| they have been shearing |
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| Past |
| I sheared |
| you sheared |
| he/she/it sheared |
| we sheared |
| you all sheared |
| they sheared |
|
| I was shearing |
| you were shearing |
| he/she/it was shearing |
| we were shearing |
| you all were shearing |
| they were shearing |
|
| I had sheared |
| you had sheared |
| he/she/it had sheared |
| we had sheared |
| you all had sheared |
| they had sheared |
|
| I had been shearing |
| you had been shearing |
| he/she/it had been shearing |
| we had been shearing |
| you all had been shearing |
| they had been shearing |
|
| Future |
| I will shear |
| you will shear |
| he/she/it will shear |
| we will shear |
| you all will shear |
| they will shear |
|
| I will be shearing |
| you will be shearing |
| he/she/it will be shearing |
| we are shearing |
| you all will be shearing |
| they will be shearing |
|
| I will have sheared |
| you will have sheared |
| he/she/it will have sheared |
| we will have sheared |
| you all will have sheared |
| they will have sheared |
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| I will have been shearing |
| you will have been shearing |
| he/she/it will have been shearing |
| we will have been shearing |
| you all will have been shearing |
| they will have been shearing |
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