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