| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I elaborate |
| you elaborate |
| he/she/it elaborates |
| we elaborate |
| you all elaborate |
| they elaborate |
|
| I am elaborating |
| you are elaborating |
| he/she/it is elaborating |
| we are elaborating |
| you all are elaborating |
| they are elaborating |
|
| I have elaborated |
| you have elaborated |
| he/she/it has elaborated |
| we have elaborated |
| you all have elaborated |
| they have elaborated |
|
| I have been elaborating |
| you have been elaborating |
| he/she/it has been elaborating |
| we have been elaborating |
| you all have been elaborating |
| they have been elaborating |
|
| Past |
| I elaborated |
| you elaborated |
| he/she/it elaborated |
| we elaborated |
| you all elaborated |
| they elaborated |
|
| I was elaborating |
| you were elaborating |
| he/she/it was elaborating |
| we were elaborating |
| you all were elaborating |
| they were elaborating |
|
| I had elaborated |
| you had elaborated |
| he/she/it had elaborated |
| we had elaborated |
| you all had elaborated |
| they had elaborated |
|
| I had been elaborating |
| you had been elaborating |
| he/she/it had been elaborating |
| we had been elaborating |
| you all had been elaborating |
| they had been elaborating |
|
| Future |
| I will elaborate |
| you will elaborate |
| he/she/it will elaborate |
| we will elaborate |
| you all will elaborate |
| they will elaborate |
|
| I will be elaborating |
| you will be elaborating |
| he/she/it will be elaborating |
| we are elaborating |
| you all will be elaborating |
| they will be elaborating |
|
| I will have elaborated |
| you will have elaborated |
| he/she/it will have elaborated |
| we will have elaborated |
| you all will have elaborated |
| they will have elaborated |
|
| I will have been elaborating |
| you will have been elaborating |
| he/she/it will have been elaborating |
| we will have been elaborating |
| you all will have been elaborating |
| they will have been elaborating |
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