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