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