| Present "answer" | I | answer | |
| Present Continuous "answer" | I | am answering | |
| Simple past "answer" | I | answered | |
| Past Continuous "answer" | I | was answering | |
| Present perfect "answer" | I | have answered | |
| Present perfect continuous "answer" | I | have been answering | |
| Past perfect "answer" | I | had answered | |
| Past perfect continuous "answer" | I | had been answering | |
| Future "answer" | I | will answer | |
| Future continuous "answer" | I | will be answering | |
| Future perfect "answer" | I | will have answered | |
| Future perfect continuous "answer" | I | will have been answering |