| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I tinker |
| you tinker |
| he/she/it tinkers |
| we tinker |
| you all tinker |
| they tinker |
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| I am tinkering |
| you are tinkering |
| he/she/it is tinkering |
| we are tinkering |
| you all are tinkering |
| they are tinkering |
|
| I have tinkered |
| you have tinkered |
| he/she/it has tinkered |
| we have tinkered |
| you all have tinkered |
| they have tinkered |
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| I have been tinkering |
| you have been tinkering |
| he/she/it has been tinkering |
| we have been tinkering |
| you all have been tinkering |
| they have been tinkering |
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| Past |
| I tinkered |
| you tinkered |
| he/she/it tinkered |
| we tinkered |
| you all tinkered |
| they tinkered |
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| I was tinkering |
| you were tinkering |
| he/she/it was tinkering |
| we were tinkering |
| you all were tinkering |
| they were tinkering |
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| I had tinkered |
| you had tinkered |
| he/she/it had tinkered |
| we had tinkered |
| you all had tinkered |
| they had tinkered |
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| I had been tinkering |
| you had been tinkering |
| he/she/it had been tinkering |
| we had been tinkering |
| you all had been tinkering |
| they had been tinkering |
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| Future |
| I will tinker |
| you will tinker |
| he/she/it will tinker |
| we will tinker |
| you all will tinker |
| they will tinker |
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| I will be tinkering |
| you will be tinkering |
| he/she/it will be tinkering |
| we are tinkering |
| you all will be tinkering |
| they will be tinkering |
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| I will have tinkered |
| you will have tinkered |
| he/she/it will have tinkered |
| we will have tinkered |
| you all will have tinkered |
| they will have tinkered |
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| I will have been tinkering |
| you will have been tinkering |
| he/she/it will have been tinkering |
| we will have been tinkering |
| you all will have been tinkering |
| they will have been tinkering |
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