| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I temper |
| you temper |
| he/she/it tempers |
| we temper |
| you all temper |
| they temper |
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| I am tempering |
| you are tempering |
| he/she/it is tempering |
| we are tempering |
| you all are tempering |
| they are tempering |
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| I have tempered |
| you have tempered |
| he/she/it has tempered |
| we have tempered |
| you all have tempered |
| they have tempered |
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| I have been tempering |
| you have been tempering |
| he/she/it has been tempering |
| we have been tempering |
| you all have been tempering |
| they have been tempering |
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| Past |
| I tempered |
| you tempered |
| he/she/it tempered |
| we tempered |
| you all tempered |
| they tempered |
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| I was tempering |
| you were tempering |
| he/she/it was tempering |
| we were tempering |
| you all were tempering |
| they were tempering |
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| I had tempered |
| you had tempered |
| he/she/it had tempered |
| we had tempered |
| you all had tempered |
| they had tempered |
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| I had been tempering |
| you had been tempering |
| he/she/it had been tempering |
| we had been tempering |
| you all had been tempering |
| they had been tempering |
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| Future |
| I will temper |
| you will temper |
| he/she/it will temper |
| we will temper |
| you all will temper |
| they will temper |
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| I will be tempering |
| you will be tempering |
| he/she/it will be tempering |
| we are tempering |
| you all will be tempering |
| they will be tempering |
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| I will have tempered |
| you will have tempered |
| he/she/it will have tempered |
| we will have tempered |
| you all will have tempered |
| they will have tempered |
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| I will have been tempering |
| you will have been tempering |
| he/she/it will have been tempering |
| we will have been tempering |
| you all will have been tempering |
| they will have been tempering |
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