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