| Bảng chia động từ |
| Số | Số it | Số nhiều |
| Ngôi | I | You | He/She/It | We | You | They |
| Hiện tại đơn | despair | despair | despairs | despair | despair | despair |
| Hiện tại tiếp diễn | am despairing | are despairing | is despairing | are despairing | are despairing | are despairing |
| Quá khứ đơn | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired |
| Quá khứ tiếp diễn | was despairing | were despairing | was despairing | were despairing | were despairing | were despairing |
| Hiện tại hoàn thành | have despaired | have despaired | has despaired | have despaired | have despaired | have despaired |
| Hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn | have been despairing | have been despairing | has been despairing | have been despairing | have been despairing | have been despairing |
| Quá khứ hoàn thành | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired |
| QK hoàn thành Tiếp diễn | had been despairing | had been despairing | had been despairing | had been despairing | had been despairing | had been despairing |
| Tương Lai | will despair | will despair | will despair | will despair | will despair | will despair |
| TL Tiếp Diễn | will be despairing | will be despairing | will be despairing | will be despairing | will be despairing | will be despairing |
| Tương Lai hoàn thành | will have despaired | will have despaired | will have despaired | will have despaired | will have despaired | will have despaired |
| TL HT Tiếp Diễn | will have been despairing | will have been despairing | will have been despairing | will have been despairing | will have been despairing | will have been despairing |
| Điều Kiện Cách Hiện Tại | would despair | would despair | would despair | would despair | would despair | would despair |
| Conditional Perfect | would have despaired | would have despaired | would have despaired | would have despaired | would have despaired | would have despaired |
| Conditional Present Progressive | would be despairing | would be despairing | would be despairing | would be despairing | would be despairing | would be despairing |
| Conditional Perfect Progressive | would have been despairing | would have been despairing | would have been despairing | would have been despairing | would have been despairing | would have been despairing |
| Present Subjunctive | despair | despair | despair | despair | despair | despair |
| Past Subjunctive | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired | despaired |
| Past Perfect Subjunctive | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired | had despaired |
| Imperative | | despair | | Let′s despair | despair | |