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#1

19-Mar-2006, 04:47

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teaching past tense

hi,
i need some articles or researches regarding teaching past tense, the justifications for doing so . tq

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20-Mar-2006, 15:46

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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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