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