| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I strain |
| you strain |
| he/she/it strains |
| we strain |
| you all strain |
| they strain |
|
| I am straining |
| you are straining |
| he/she/it is straining |
| we are straining |
| you all are straining |
| they are straining |
|
| I have strained |
| you have strained |
| he/she/it has strained |
| we have strained |
| you all have strained |
| they have strained |
|
| I have been straining |
| you have been straining |
| he/she/it has been straining |
| we have been straining |
| you all have been straining |
| they have been straining |
|
| Past |
| I strained |
| you strained |
| he/she/it strained |
| we strained |
| you all strained |
| they strained |
|
| I was straining |
| you were straining |
| he/she/it was straining |
| we were straining |
| you all were straining |
| they were straining |
|
| I had strained |
| you had strained |
| he/she/it had strained |
| we had strained |
| you all had strained |
| they had strained |
|
| I had been straining |
| you had been straining |
| he/she/it had been straining |
| we had been straining |
| you all had been straining |
| they had been straining |
|
| Future |
| I will strain |
| you will strain |
| he/she/it will strain |
| we will strain |
| you all will strain |
| they will strain |
|
| I will be straining |
| you will be straining |
| he/she/it will be straining |
| we are straining |
| you all will be straining |
| they will be straining |
|
| I will have strained |
| you will have strained |
| he/she/it will have strained |
| we will have strained |
| you all will have strained |
| they will have strained |
|
| I will have been straining |
| you will have been straining |
| he/she/it will have been straining |
| we will have been straining |
| you all will have been straining |
| they will have been straining |
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