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