| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| compel | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I compel | we compel |
| 2 | you compel | you compel |
| 3 | he/she/it compels | they compel |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I compelled | we compelled |
| 2 | you compelled | you compelled |
| 3 | he/she/it compelled | they compelled |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall compel | we will/shall compel |
| 2 | you will/shall compel | you will/shall compel |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall compel | they will/shall compel |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would compel | we would compel |
| 2 | you would compel | you would compel |
| 3 | he/she/it would compel | they would compel |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am compelling | we are compelling |
| 2 | you are compelling | you are compelling |
| 3 | he/she/it is compelling | they are compelling |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was compelling | we were compelling |
| 2 | you were compelling | you were compelling |
| 3 | he/she/it was compelling | they were compelling |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be compelling | we will be compelling |
| 2 | you will be compelling | you will be compelling |
| 3 | he/she/it will be compelling | they will be compelling |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be compelling | we would be compelling |
| 2 | you would be compelling | you would be compelling |
| 3 | he/she/it would be compelling | they would be compelling |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have compelled | we have compelled |
| 2 | you have compelled | you have compelled |
| 3 | he/she/it has compelled | they have compelled |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had compelled | we had compelled |
| 2 | you had compelled | you had compelled |
| 3 | he/she/it had compelled | they had compelled |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have compelled | we will have compelled |
| 2 | you will have compelled | you will have compelled |
| 3 | he/she/it will have compelled | they will have compelled |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have compelled | we would have compelled |
| 2 | you would have compelled | you would have compelled |
| 3 | he/she/it would have compelled | they would have compelled |