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