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Old 19-Mar-2006, 04:47
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Wink teaching past tense

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i need some articles or researches regarding teaching past tense, the justifications for doing so . tq
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Old 20-Mar-2006, 15:46
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Default Re: teaching past tense

You'll find some articles here:
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/La...s/Linguistics/
It seems a bit of a strange question- we teach it because people need to be able to place actions in the past, or to show politeness, etc.
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