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Complete the definition of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what tense marksRead the answer and worked solution →Present or past?Read the answer and worked solution →Forms of the verb 'to be'Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: subject and verb must agreeRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: choose the right verb formRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement true of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: subject with its present formRead the answer and worked solution →Singular or plural subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the definition backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the agreement ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Which subject takes this form?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: tense across timeRead the answer and worked solution →Matching form to subject and timeRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the definition of tense

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    time
    Choices
    1. time
    2. number
    3. person
  2. Answer
    action
    Choices
    1. action
    2. object
    3. article
Complete the statement
Tense means {0}. The tense of a verb is the form or use indicating the time of an {1} or being.
Section 233 defines it in one line. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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True or false: what tense marks

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Tense indicates the time of an action or being.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Tense is carried by the form of the verb.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Tense tells you how many people are involved.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Old English had only two tenses.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The present tense once covered future time too.
Tense is about time, not about who is speaking. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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Present or past?

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Items
  1. Item
    I am
    Category
    Present tense
  2. Item
    We are
    Category
    Present tense
  3. Item
    He is
    Category
    Present tense
  4. Item
    I was
    Category
    Past tense
  5. Item
    We were
    Category
    Past tense
  6. Item
    He was
    Category
    Past tense
Categories
  1. Item
    Present tense
  2. Item
    Past tense
The forms of 'to be', as the book conjugates them. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.

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