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