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Time Markers for Tenses

Character

This is Austreberto. He goes to Aldine High School, and he's in the 9th grade. His favorite subjects are English and algebra. He also plays soccer for his school. He started playing soccer when he was little. He learned from his dad and his friends in Honduras.

He came to Texas 2 years ago, so he's studied English for 2 years. He has a big English test on Friday, so he's been studying for the last 3 days.

Present Tenses

Now you try it!

Present Perfect Progressive

Present Perfect

a block of time: for since ever still/yet/already

all morning since November for 2 hours

all day since yesterday for 3 days

this year

Choose a character, give your character a name and age.

Write 1-2 paragraphs about your character's life, using all the tenses.

Present

Present Perfect

Present progressive

WORDS OR PHRASES THAT WILL DETERMINE PRESENT TIME:

Today This year All my life

This week

Past Time

past tense

past progressive

past perfect

WORDS OR PHRASES THAT DETERMINE PAST TIME:

yesterday last week In ______ (year) In _____(the 60's, the 1800's, etc)

last year when I was little/young/5 years old

last night when I lived in Honduras, etc

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