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