One’s tense will vary depending on what one is trying to convey within their paper or section of their paper. For example, the tense may change between the methods section and the discussion section.

The examples below show how an action, state, or occurrence can be moved from a noun back to a verb. In your scientific paper, use verb tenses (past, present, and future) exactly as you would in ...

For most verbs you add an ‘ed’ at the end of the word to change it to the past tense - for example, ‘she talks’ becomes ‘she talked’. However, there are some irregular verbs where the ...

For most verbs you add an 'ed' at the end of the word to change it to the past tense - for example, 'she talks' becomes 'she talked'. However, there are some irregular verbs where the whole word ...