Choosing the Correct Verb Tense
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Does Tense = Time ?
Not Always!
Situation and Time Words determine Time
Time chooses Tense (not the other way around).
For example,
Present Time (Now)
Present Continuous Tense
Present Tense for “non-action” verbs
Future Time
Future with “will”
Future with “be going to”
Future Continuous tense
Future with Present Continuous tense
Future with Present tense
Past Time
Facts: Use Simple Past Tense only
Relationship between two times.
Relationship between events.
Verb Choice (from The Internet TESL Journal)
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