
Regular verb: defend - defended - defended
| Present | Present continuous | Preterite | Preterite continuous | 
| I defend you defend she defends we defend you defend they defend | I am defending you are defending she is defending we are defending you are defending they are defending | I defended you defended she defended we defended you defended they defended | I was defending you were defending she was defending we were defending you were defending they were defending | 
| Present perfect | Present perfect continuous | Pluperfect | Pluperfect continuous | 
| I have defended you have defended she has defended we have defended you have defended they have defended | I have been defending you have been defending she has been defending we have been defending you have been defending they have been defending | I had defended you had defended she had defended we had defended you had defended they had defended | I had been defending you had been defending she had been defending we had been defending you had been defending they had been defending | 
| Future | Future continuous | Future perfect | Future perfect continuous | 
| I will defend you will defend she will defend we will defend you will defend they will defend | I will be defending you will be defending she will be defending we will be defending you will be defending they will be defending | I will have defended you will have defended she will have defended we will have defended you will have defended they will have defended | I will have been defending you will have been defending she will have been defending we will have been defending you will have been defending they will have been defending | 
| Present | Present continuous | Past | Past continuous | 
| I would defend you would defend she would defend we would defend you would defend they would defend | I would be defending you would be defending she would be defending we would be defending you would be defending they would be defending | I would have defended you would have defended she would have defended we would have defended you would have defended they would have defended | I would have been defending you would have been defending she would have been defending we would have been defending you would have been defending they would have been defending | 
| Infinitive | Imperative | 
| Infinitive | Imperative | ||
| to defend | defend Let's defend defend | 
| Present | Past | ||
| defending | defended |