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