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Tenses Chart

Visual Explanations of Each English Tense

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These visual explanations of each English tense provide visual clues for all major tenses of English. Each tense has a dedicated visual clue card with an explanatory sentence. These tense charts help learners use visual intelligence to understand key tense concepts. Basic tense usage and sentence construction is provided following each visual tense chart.

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  1. Present Simple
  2. Present Continuous for Action at the Moment
  3. Present Continuous for Current Projects
  4. Present Continuous for Scheduled Events
  5. Past Simple
  6. Past Continuous for Exact Times in the Past
  7. Past Continuous for Interrupted Action
  8. Future with Going to for Future Plans
  9. Future with Will for Promises and Predictions
  10. Future with Going to for Future Intent
  11. Present Perfect for Past to Present States and Actions
  12. Present Perfect to Express Recent Events

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