HOLY TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Graduate School Department

Advanced English for Academic Purposes

Complete the table below by changing the verb into other tenses; state the usage and choose one
from the four verbs and use in meaningful sentence.
(Note: No need to include the formula or the pattern, just give the answer)

SIMPLE TENSES

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

s-form: scrutinize scrutinized will/shall scrutinize
plural/base form: scrutinizes
s-form: elucidates elucidated will/shall elucidate
plural/base form: elucidate
IRREGULAR VERBS
s-form: shows showed will/shall show
plural/base form: show
s-form: gets got will/shall get
plural/base form: get
USAGE: To express habits, Usage: To demonstrate an Usage: To demonstrate an
general truths, repeated actions action that happened in the action that will happen in the
or unchanging situations, past future, or actions that you plan
emotions and wishes to do in the future
EXAMPLE: The researcher gets Example: The recent study they Example: The researchers will
a total of one-hundred have conducted showed show the data they have
respondents. significant result to the gathered next week.
Note: Sentence should be related to researchers.
research.

PROGRESSIVE TENSES

PRSENT PROGRESSIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE FUTURE PRORESSIVE

am/is/are scrutinizing
am/is/are elucidating
am/is/are showing
am/is/are getting
Usage: To show an action that is
taking place this time.
Example: The demonstrator is
showing the data gathered
through a Powerpoint
presentation.
was/were scrutinizing
was/were elucidating
was/were showing
was/were getting
Usage: To express a continuing
action that took place in the
past
Example: According to a latest
study, the Philippines was
showing innovations and
success in technology.
will/shall be scrutinizing
will/shall be elucidating
will/shall be showing
will/shall be getting
Usage: To show a continuing
action that will going on in the
future
Example: Their professor will
be showing his references later.

PERFECT TENSES

PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT

has/have scrutinized
has/have elucidated
has/have shown
has/have got/gotten
Usage: To express actions that
had scrutinized will/shall have scrutinized
had elucidated will/shall have elucidated
had shown will/shall have shown
had gotten will/shall have gotten
Usage: To express that the first Usage: To express an action
took place in the past and have
present result or consequences
Example: Mabuan’s study have
shown that the most common
error Filipinos make in English
usage is tenses.
action was completed before
the second action began
2 verbs (1st action: had + past
participle; 2nd action: past tense)
Example: The symptoms of a
virus had shown before the
medical researchers took
action.
that will have been finished or
completed at some point in the
futrue
Example: The educational
researchers shall have shown
(introduced) effective
modalities to continue
education during this pandemic
before classes starts at August.
Prepared by:
Ayra Mae F. Yayen
MAEd Eng