| Present "excavate" | I | excavate | |
| Present Continuous "excavate" | I | am excavating | |
| Simple past "excavate" | I | excavated | |
| Past Continuous "excavate" | I | was excavating | |
| Present perfect "excavate" | I | have excavated | |
| Present perfect continuous "excavate" | I | have been excavating | |
| Past perfect "excavate" | I | had excavated | |
| Past perfect continuous "excavate" | I | had been excavating | |
| Future "excavate" | I | will excavate | |
| Future continuous "excavate" | I | will be excavating | |
| Future perfect "excavate" | I | will have excavated | |
| Future perfect continuous "excavate" | I | will have been excavating |