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