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aaaronr · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 82

Does anyone know a good website for verb tense timeline graphics? (ex: <------X---i------> simple past).

I'm looking for horizontal graphics that show when actions occur.

Thanks.

johnslat · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

Dear aaaronr,

Would this work for you?

http://www.anglaide.com/Grammar/Anglaide_Overview.pdf

I also have a powerpoint presentation of 46 slides, but I can't connect you to it on here.

Regards,
John

nickpellatt · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1522

John, I have just saved that PDF ... looks useful to me, so Ill say thanks even though I am not the OP Very Happy

johnslat · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject:

Dear nickpellatt,

Glad it seems useful. I know it has helped many of my students (maybe the ones who grasp info better visually.)

Oh, by the way, as you may have already figured out, when the PDF talks about "There is no conditional tense in English," it's making a contrast with French (which has a conditional tense.)

Here are some other sites:

http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/KieVie/KieCafe/en/dp/verbs.html#Verb%20Tense%20Charts

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses-examples

http://www.sg-bd.de/yamlt3public/fileadmin/faecher/englisch/English_Tense_Timeline_Querformat.pdf

Regards,
John

aaaronr · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 82

Thanks for the link. It looks good.

wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

Sorry I don't have a good graphic to share as I always write these on the board (and make the students copy it). One thing I wanted to mention is that when writing it on the board it is always easiest for me to write it up and down (past at top to future at the bottom). It will work side to side, but up to down gives a lot more room for examples and other writing.

I only mention this because I see a lot of people doing it side to side, and I thought maybe some people would see the benefit from up to down.