| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I shilly-shally |
| you shilly-shally |
| he/she/it shilly-shallies |
| we shilly-shally |
| you all shilly-shally |
| they shilly-shally |
|
| I am shilly-shallying |
| you are shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it is shilly-shallying |
| we are shilly-shallying |
| you all are shilly-shallying |
| they are shilly-shallying |
|
| I have shilly-shallied |
| you have shilly-shallied |
| he/she/it has shilly-shallied |
| we have shilly-shallied |
| you all have shilly-shallied |
| they have shilly-shallied |
|
| I have been shilly-shallying |
| you have been shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it has been shilly-shallying |
| we have been shilly-shallying |
| you all have been shilly-shallying |
| they have been shilly-shallying |
|
| Past |
| I shilly-shallied |
| you shilly-shallied |
| he/she/it shilly-shallied |
| we shilly-shallied |
| you all shilly-shallied |
| they shilly-shallied |
|
| I was shilly-shallying |
| you were shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it was shilly-shallying |
| we were shilly-shallying |
| you all were shilly-shallying |
| they were shilly-shallying |
|
| I had shilly-shallied |
| you had shilly-shallied |
| he/she/it had shilly-shallied |
| we had shilly-shallied |
| you all had shilly-shallied |
| they had shilly-shallied |
|
| I had been shilly-shallying |
| you had been shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it had been shilly-shallying |
| we had been shilly-shallying |
| you all had been shilly-shallying |
| they had been shilly-shallying |
|
| Future |
| I will shilly-shally |
| you will shilly-shally |
| he/she/it will shilly-shally |
| we will shilly-shally |
| you all will shilly-shally |
| they will shilly-shally |
|
| I will be shilly-shallying |
| you will be shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it will be shilly-shallying |
| we are shilly-shallying |
| you all will be shilly-shallying |
| they will be shilly-shallying |
|
| I will have shilly-shallied |
| you will have shilly-shallied |
| he/she/it will have shilly-shallied |
| we will have shilly-shallied |
| you all will have shilly-shallied |
| they will have shilly-shallied |
|
| I will have been shilly-shallying |
| you will have been shilly-shallying |
| he/she/it will have been shilly-shallying |
| we will have been shilly-shallying |
| you all will have been shilly-shallying |
| they will have been shilly-shallying |
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