| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| shear | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I shear | we shear |
| 2 | you shear | you shear |
| 3 | he/she/it shears | they shear |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I sheared | we sheared |
| 2 | you sheared | you sheared |
| 3 | he/she/it sheared | they sheared |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall shear | we will/shall shear |
| 2 | you will/shall shear | you will/shall shear |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall shear | they will/shall shear |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would shear | we would shear |
| 2 | you would shear | you would shear |
| 3 | he/she/it would shear | they would shear |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am shearing | we are shearing |
| 2 | you are shearing | you are shearing |
| 3 | he/she/it is shearing | they are shearing |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was shearing | we were shearing |
| 2 | you were shearing | you were shearing |
| 3 | he/she/it was shearing | they were shearing |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be shearing | we will be shearing |
| 2 | you will be shearing | you will be shearing |
| 3 | he/she/it will be shearing | they will be shearing |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be shearing | we would be shearing |
| 2 | you would be shearing | you would be shearing |
| 3 | he/she/it would be shearing | they would be shearing |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have shorn | we have shorn |
| 2 | you have shorn | you have shorn |
| 3 | he/she/it has shorn | they have shorn |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had shorn | we had shorn |
| 2 | you had shorn | you had shorn |
| 3 | he/she/it had shorn | they had shorn |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have shorn | we will have shorn |
| 2 | you will have shorn | you will have shorn |
| 3 | he/she/it will have shorn | they will have shorn |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have shorn | we would have shorn |
| 2 | you would have shorn | you would have shorn |
| 3 | he/she/it would have shorn | they would have shorn |
