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