
Regular verb: defend - defended - defended
| Present | Present continuous | Preterite | Preterite continuous | 
| I defend you defend he defends we defend you defend they defend | I'm defending you're defending he's defending we're defending you're defending they're defending | I defended you defended he defended we defended you defended they defended | I was defending you were defending he was defending we were defending you were defending they were defending | 
| Present perfect | Present perfect continuous | Pluperfect | Pluperfect continuous | 
| I've defended you've defended he's defended we've defended you've defended they've defended | I've been defending you've been defending he's been defending we've been defending you've been defending they've been defending | I'd defended you'd defended he'd defended we'd defended you'd defended they'd defended | I'd been defending you'd been defending he'd been defending we'd been defending you'd been defending they'd been defending | 
| Future | Future continuous | Future perfect | Future perfect continuous | 
| I'll defend you'll defend he'll defend we'll defend you'll defend they'll defend | I'll be defending you'll be defending he'll be defending we'll be defending you'll be defending they'll be defending | I'll have defended you'll have defended he'll have defended we'll have defended you'll have defended they'll have defended | I'll have been defending you'll have been defending he'll have been defending we'll have been defending you'll have been defending they'll have been defending | 
| Present | Present continuous | Past | Past continuous | 
| I'd defend you'd defend he'd defend we'd defend you'd defend they'd defend | I'd be defending you'd be defending he'd be defending we'd be defending you'd be defending they'd be defending | I'd have defended you'd have defended he'd have defended we'd have defended you'd have defended they'd have defended | I'd have been defending you'd have been defending he'd have been defending we'd have been defending you'd have been defending they'd have been defending | 
| Infinitive | Imperative | 
| Infinitive | Imperative | ||
| to defend | defend Let's defend defend | 
| Present | Past | ||
| defending | defended |