Choosing Tenses for Precise Meaning

“When your child writes a story that jumps between past events and present thoughts, do they shift verb tenses deliberately and accurately — so the reader always knows exactly when each event is happening?”

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• ⬜Write a paragraph using multiple tenses to show the sequence of past, present, and future events
• ⬜Choose between simple, progressive, and perfect tenses to express duration or completion
• ⬜Explain why a specific tense is appropriate for expressing a condition or hypothetical situation