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