| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I tense |
| you tense |
| he/she/it tenses |
| we tense |
| you all tense |
| they tense |
|
| I am tensing |
| you are tensing |
| he/she/it is tensing |
| we are tensing |
| you all are tensing |
| they are tensing |
|
| I have tensed |
| you have tensed |
| he/she/it has tensed |
| we have tensed |
| you all have tensed |
| they have tensed |
|
| I have been tensing |
| you have been tensing |
| he/she/it has been tensing |
| we have been tensing |
| you all have been tensing |
| they have been tensing |
|
| Past |
| I tensed |
| you tensed |
| he/she/it tensed |
| we tensed |
| you all tensed |
| they tensed |
|
| I was tensing |
| you were tensing |
| he/she/it was tensing |
| we were tensing |
| you all were tensing |
| they were tensing |
|
| I had tensed |
| you had tensed |
| he/she/it had tensed |
| we had tensed |
| you all had tensed |
| they had tensed |
|
| I had been tensing |
| you had been tensing |
| he/she/it had been tensing |
| we had been tensing |
| you all had been tensing |
| they had been tensing |
|
| Future |
| I will tense |
| you will tense |
| he/she/it will tense |
| we will tense |
| you all will tense |
| they will tense |
|
| I will be tensing |
| you will be tensing |
| he/she/it will be tensing |
| we are tensing |
| you all will be tensing |
| they will be tensing |
|
| I will have tensed |
| you will have tensed |
| he/she/it will have tensed |
| we will have tensed |
| you all will have tensed |
| they will have tensed |
|
| I will have been tensing |
| you will have been tensing |
| he/she/it will have been tensing |
| we will have been tensing |
| you all will have been tensing |
| they will have been tensing |
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