| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I spade |
| you spade |
| he/she/it spades |
| we spade |
| you all spade |
| they spade |
|
| I am spading |
| you are spading |
| he/she/it is spading |
| we are spading |
| you all are spading |
| they are spading |
|
| I have spaded |
| you have spaded |
| he/she/it has spaded |
| we have spaded |
| you all have spaded |
| they have spaded |
|
| I have been spading |
| you have been spading |
| he/she/it has been spading |
| we have been spading |
| you all have been spading |
| they have been spading |
|
| Past |
| I spaded |
| you spaded |
| he/she/it spaded |
| we spaded |
| you all spaded |
| they spaded |
|
| I was spading |
| you were spading |
| he/she/it was spading |
| we were spading |
| you all were spading |
| they were spading |
|
| I had spaded |
| you had spaded |
| he/she/it had spaded |
| we had spaded |
| you all had spaded |
| they had spaded |
|
| I had been spading |
| you had been spading |
| he/she/it had been spading |
| we had been spading |
| you all had been spading |
| they had been spading |
|
| Future |
| I will spade |
| you will spade |
| he/she/it will spade |
| we will spade |
| you all will spade |
| they will spade |
|
| I will be spading |
| you will be spading |
| he/she/it will be spading |
| we are spading |
| you all will be spading |
| they will be spading |
|
| I will have spaded |
| you will have spaded |
| he/she/it will have spaded |
| we will have spaded |
| you all will have spaded |
| they will have spaded |
|
| I will have been spading |
| you will have been spading |
| he/she/it will have been spading |
| we will have been spading |
| you all will have been spading |
| they will have been spading |
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