[Grammar] English grammar

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Dr. Aparajita

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Q. "I went to the zoo today." What is the tense of this sentence? what is the significance of the word 'today' in this sentence?
 

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Past tense. "Today" is an adverb of time, telling you when in the past this person went to the zoo.
 

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He went to the zoo earlier that same day.

Welcome to the forums, Dr.Aparajita.

Please note that a better thread title would have been I went to the zoo today.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.' (Posting Guidelines)

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thanks a lot, hope this helps convince the teacher of my son who is in fifth grade!!
 

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Well, the teacher says it's present tense since the word "today" is there in the sentence!!!!
 

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A teacher who says "went" is present tense has no business being a teacher.
 

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Well, the teacher says it's present tense since the word "today" is there in the sentence!!!!

I'm not usually a fan of exclamation marks, but you're right to use so many there. A day has twenty-four hours- time enough for past, present and future. Even now can be used with the past tense. The tense is determined by the form of the verb and not the adverbs.
 
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