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English tenses and time.
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English tenses and time.
A spatial timeline makes the three tenses visible simultaneously, revealing their relational structure rather than presenting them as isolated categories. Students who see tenses as positions on a line understand the concept of tense as time-reference — not just as a grammatical rule to memorise.
1. Draw past-present-future line. 2. Place simple tenses. 3. Place perfect tenses. 4. Add examples.