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