| Egyes szám első személy | Egyes szám második személy | Egyes szám harmadik személy | Többes szám első személy | Többes szám második személy | Többes szám harmadik személy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyszerű jelen | mess about | mess about | messes about | mess about | mess about | mess about |
| Folyamatos jelen | am messing about | are messing about | is messing about | are messing about | are messing about | are messing about |
| Egyszerű múlt | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about |
| Folyamatos múlt | was messing about | were messing about | was messing about | were messing about | were messing about | were messing about |
| Egyszerű jövő | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about |
| Folyamatos jövő | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about |
| Befejezett jelen | have messed about | have messed about | has messed about | have messed about | have messed about | have messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett jelen | have been messing about | have been messing about | has been messing about | have been messing about | have been messing about | have been messing about |
| Befejezett múlt | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett múlt | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about |
| Befejezett jövő | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett jövő | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about |
| Egyes szám első személy | Egyes szám második személy | Egyes szám harmadik személy | Többes szám első személy | Többes szám második személy | Többes szám harmadik személy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyszerű jelen | don't mess about | don't mess about | doesn't mess about | don't mess about | don't mess about | don't mess about |
| Folyamatos jelen | am not messing about | are not messing about | is not messing about | are not messing about | are not messing about | are not messing about |
| Egyszerű múlt | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about |
| Folyamatos múlt | was not messing about | were not messing about | was not messing about | were not messing about | were not messing about | were not messing about |
| Egyszerű jövő | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about |
| Folyamatos jövő | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about |
| Befejezett jelen | have not messed about | have not messed about | has not messed about | have not messed about | have not messed about | have not messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett jelen | have not been messing about | have not been messing about | has not been messing about | have not been messing about | have not been messing about | have not been messing about |
| Befejezett múlt | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett múlt | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about |
| Befejezett jövő | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about |
| Folyamatos befejezett jövő | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about |