
Verbe régulier : contend -  contended - contended
Traduction française : combattre - soutenir 
| Présent | Présent continu | Prétérit | Prétérit continu | 
| I contend you contend he contends we contend you contend they contend | I am contending you are contending he is contending we are contending you are contending they are contending | I contended you contended he contended we contended you contended they contended | I was contending you were contending he was contending we were contending you were contending they were contending | 
| Present perfect | Present perfect continu | Pluperfect | Pluperfect continu | 
| I have contended you have contended he has contended we have contended you have contended they have contended | I have been contending you have been contending he has been contending we have been contending you have been contending they have been contending | I had contended you had contended he had contended we had contended you had contended they had contended | I had been contending you had been contending he had been contending we had been contending you had been contending they had been contending | 
| Futur | Futur continu | Futur antérieur | Futur antérieur continu | 
| I will contend you will contend he will contend we will contend you will contend they will contend | I will be contending you will be contending he will be contending we will be contending you will be contending they will be contending | I will have contended you will have contended he will have contended we will have contended you will have contended they will have contended | I will have been contending you will have been contending he will have been contending we will have been contending you will have been contending they will have been contending | 
| Présent | Présent continu | Passé | Passé continu | 
| I would contend you would contend he would contend we would contend you would contend they would contend | I would be contending you would be contending he would be contending we would be contending you would be contending they would be contending | I would have contended you would have contended he would have contended we would have contended you would have contended they would have contended | I would have been contending you would have been contending he would have been contending we would have been contending you would have been contending they would have been contending | 
| Infinitif | Impératif | 
| Infinitif | Impératif | ||
| to contend | contend Let's contend contend | 
| Présent | Passé | ||
| contending | contended |