| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I abbreviate |
| you abbreviate |
| he/she/it abbreviates |
| we abbreviate |
| you all abbreviate |
| they abbreviate |
|
| I am abbreviating |
| you are abbreviating |
| he/she/it is abbreviating |
| we are abbreviating |
| you all are abbreviating |
| they are abbreviating |
|
| I have abbreviated |
| you have abbreviated |
| he/she/it has abbreviated |
| we have abbreviated |
| you all have abbreviated |
| they have abbreviated |
|
| I have been abbreviating |
| you have been abbreviating |
| he/she/it has been abbreviating |
| we have been abbreviating |
| you all have been abbreviating |
| they have been abbreviating |
|
| Past |
| I abbreviated |
| you abbreviated |
| he/she/it abbreviated |
| we abbreviated |
| you all abbreviated |
| they abbreviated |
|
| I was abbreviating |
| you were abbreviating |
| he/she/it was abbreviating |
| we were abbreviating |
| you all were abbreviating |
| they were abbreviating |
|
| I had abbreviated |
| you had abbreviated |
| he/she/it had abbreviated |
| we had abbreviated |
| you all had abbreviated |
| they had abbreviated |
|
| I had been abbreviating |
| you had been abbreviating |
| he/she/it had been abbreviating |
| we had been abbreviating |
| you all had been abbreviating |
| they had been abbreviating |
|
| Future |
| I will abbreviate |
| you will abbreviate |
| he/she/it will abbreviate |
| we will abbreviate |
| you all will abbreviate |
| they will abbreviate |
|
| I will be abbreviating |
| you will be abbreviating |
| he/she/it will be abbreviating |
| we are abbreviating |
| you all will be abbreviating |
| they will be abbreviating |
|
| I will have abbreviated |
| you will have abbreviated |
| he/she/it will have abbreviated |
| we will have abbreviated |
| you all will have abbreviated |
| they will have abbreviated |
|
| I will have been abbreviating |
| you will have been abbreviating |
| he/she/it will have been abbreviating |
| we will have been abbreviating |
| you all will have been abbreviating |
| they will have been abbreviating |
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