| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I trench |
| you trench |
| he/she/it trenches |
| we trench |
| you all trench |
| they trench |
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| I am trenching |
| you are trenching |
| he/she/it is trenching |
| we are trenching |
| you all are trenching |
| they are trenching |
|
| I have trenched |
| you have trenched |
| he/she/it has trenched |
| we have trenched |
| you all have trenched |
| they have trenched |
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| I have been trenching |
| you have been trenching |
| he/she/it has been trenching |
| we have been trenching |
| you all have been trenching |
| they have been trenching |
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| Past |
| I trenched |
| you trenched |
| he/she/it trenched |
| we trenched |
| you all trenched |
| they trenched |
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| I was trenching |
| you were trenching |
| he/she/it was trenching |
| we were trenching |
| you all were trenching |
| they were trenching |
|
| I had trenched |
| you had trenched |
| he/she/it had trenched |
| we had trenched |
| you all had trenched |
| they had trenched |
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| I had been trenching |
| you had been trenching |
| he/she/it had been trenching |
| we had been trenching |
| you all had been trenching |
| they had been trenching |
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| Future |
| I will trench |
| you will trench |
| he/she/it will trench |
| we will trench |
| you all will trench |
| they will trench |
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| I will be trenching |
| you will be trenching |
| he/she/it will be trenching |
| we are trenching |
| you all will be trenching |
| they will be trenching |
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| I will have trenched |
| you will have trenched |
| he/she/it will have trenched |
| we will have trenched |
| you all will have trenched |
| they will have trenched |
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| I will have been trenching |
| you will have been trenching |
| he/she/it will have been trenching |
| we will have been trenching |
| you all will have been trenching |
| they will have been trenching |
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