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