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