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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
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Hi teachers,

Is it absolutely necessary the word 'tense' in these directions?

Look at the drawings and complete these sentences with the simple past tense forms of the verbs below them.

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi, No, but I would probably use capitals for S imple P ast. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, No, but I would probably use capitals for S imple P ast.
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Hi,

No, but I would probably use capitals for Simple Past.

Clive
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for your reply and advice.

So, for any directions that includes a tense I should use capital letters at the beginning.

Examples:

Complete these questions and answers with the Simple Past.

Complete these questions and answers with the Simple Present.

Complete these questions and answers with the S
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Hi,

So, for any directions that includes a tense I should use capital letters at the beginning. That's what I usually do.

Examples:

Complete these questions and answers with the Simple Past.

Complete these questions and answers with the Simple Present.

Co
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CliveComplete these questions and answers with the Simple Future (be going to). I usually call this the Future with 'going to'.
I call eg She will cook dinner the Simple Future.
Hi Clive,

Thank you for the reply and advices.

May I know why you don't include the auxiliary 'be' when you say, Future with 'going to'?

Isn't 'be' an au
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Hi,

That's just what I usually call it when I am speaking to students who have already learned it. They always seem to know what I mean.

Clive
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Ok. Thank you for the reply. If you don't mind I'll use it too. As you are always saying, you know what is better for your students.

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