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