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