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