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