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