Show Past Tense and Past Participle! The verb show is a widely used verb in English. It is an irregular verb, i.e., the verb show doesn’t follows the regular rule. The verb “show” past tense, and past participles are showed and showed/shown. The ‘show’ verb forms v1v2v3v4v5 with example conjugation will be discussed in this section.
Show Verb Forms V1 V2 V3
| Present Form or V1 of Show | Show V2 Form or Past Tense | Show Verb 3 Form Past Participle of Show | Present Participle of Show |
| Show (Shows third person singular) | Showed | Showed/Shown | Showing |
Verb Show Conjugation (Show Verb Forms)
Show Present Tense
- I/We show
- He/She/It shows
- You/They show
Show Past Tense
- I/We showed
- He/She/It showed
- You/They showed
Future Tense of Show
- I/We will show
- He/She/It will show
- You/They will show
Present Continuous Tense
- I am showing
- He/She/It is showing
- We/You/They are showing
Past Continuous Tense
- I was showing
- He/She/It was showing
- We/You/They were showing
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be showing
- He/She/It will be showing
- You/They will be showing
Verb Show Conjugation Past Participle
Present Perfect of Show
- I/We have shown
- He/She/It has shown
- You/They have shown
Show Past Perfect
- I/We had shown
- He/She/It had shown
- You/They had shown
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We have been showing
- He/She/It has been showing
- You/They have been showing
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We had been showing
- He/She/It had been showing
- You/They had been showing
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I/We will have been showing
- He/She/It will have been showing
- You/They will have been showing
Verb Show Conjugation Passive Voice
Present Simple Tense
- I am shown
- He/She/It is shown
- We/You/They are shown
Past Simple Tense
- I/He/She/It was shown
- We/You/They were shown
Future Simple Tense
- I/We will be shown
- He/She/It will be shown
- We/You/They will be shown
Present Continuous Tense
- I am being shown
- He/She/It is being shown
- We/You/They are being shown
Past Continuous Tense
- I was being shown
- He/She/It was being shown
- We/You/They were being shown
Future Continuous Tense
- I/We will be being shown
- He/She/It will be being shown
- You/They will be being shown
Present Perfect
- I/We have been shown
- He/She/It has been shown
- You/They have been shown
Past Perfect Tense
- I/We had been shown
- He/She/It had been shown
- You/They had been shown
Future Perfect Tense
- I shall have been shown
- We shall have been shown
- You will have been shown
- He/She/It will have been shown
- They will have been shown
Verb Show FAQ
Which one is the correct past tense, showed or shown?
The past tense or second form of show is showed, and the past participle or third form is either shown or showed.
Which is correct, had showed or had shown?
It is correct to say “I have shown…” and many people use this; however, “I have showed” is also used by some people, but it is incorrect. We do not need to use “have” or “had” before showed it is correct to say “I showed….” And use have/had before shown, for example, “I have shown.”
Does the verb show a regular or irregular verb?
The verb show is an irregular verb. Showed is its past tense, as in “She showed me.” Shown is its past participle or V3, which we used to form the present tenses (present perfect, past perfect and future perfect)
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