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GCSE English Language · key term
A grammatical form of a verb that helps locate an action or state in time, such as ‘walks’ or ‘walked’.
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Revise: Standard English and grammarTense helps establish when an action happens. A past-tense narrative might say ‘She opened the door’; a present-tense narrative might say ‘She opens the door’. Present-tense narration can make events feel immediate.
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A verb form that helps establish when an action or state occurs.
Check tense changes against the timeline. Keep a change that shows a genuine move in time; correct an accidental switch.
Keep the main narrative tense steady, but retain changes that clearly signal a different time.
Check tense changes against the timeline. Keep changes that show a genuine change of time; correct accidental switches.
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Tense helps establish when an action happens. Past-tense narration recounts events: ‘I opened the door.’ Present-tense narration can make events feel immediate: ‘I open the door.’
Paper 1, Paper 2
The form of a verb used to express time, such as ‘walks’ for the present and ‘walked’ for the past.
Revise: Standard English and grammarTense helps locate actions in time. A narrative might use the past tense, while a description might use the present. Neither is automatically better: the important point is to maintain control.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A verb form that helps show when an action or state occurs, such as ‘walks’ or ‘walked’.
Revise: Standard English and grammarA tense helps establish when something happens. Past-tense narration might use ‘walked’, ‘heard’ and ‘stopped’; present-tense narration might use ‘walks’, ‘hears’ and ‘stops’. Either can work, but an accidental change makes the reader uncertain about the timeline.
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The grammatical form of a verb that helps indicate when an action or state occurs.
Revise: Crafting vocabulary and sentencesTense helps establish when events happen. In a past-tense narrative, ‘I opened the door and stepped outside’ keeps both actions in the same time frame.
A verb form that helps locate an action or state in time, such as 'walked' for the past and 'walks' for the present.
