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