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