Introduction to Tense

English (Mridang) — Sweet Memories / Our Festivals. Stories about yesterday's fun and tomorrow's plans introduce tense in Mridang.

• Tense tells when something happens — now, before, or later.
• Present = now / every day. Past = already done. Future = will happen.
• Clue words: today, yesterday, tomorrow.

Verbal: Tense tells when — today/every day (present), yesterday (past), tomorrow (future).

Symbolic: Present: play. Past: played (+ -ed). Future: will play. Clue words match tense.

Level 1 — Three times

Level 1 — Regular past

Add -ed: walk → walked, jump → jumped.

Level 2 — Present habit

She goes to school every day — happens again and again.

Level 2 — Read the clue

'Yesterday Ravi ___ a kite.' → past → flew or flew (irregular: fly → flew).

Pick the tense: 'Tomorrow we will visit the zoo.'

Step 1 — Clue word: **Tomorrow**
Step 2 — Tomorrow = time ahead
Step 3 — Sentence uses **will visit** → future tense
Answer: future tense

• Tense of: 'I ate an idli yesterday.'
• Write present tense of help.
• Clue word for future?

Stretch: Write one sentence about last Diwali (past) and one about next Sunday (future).

Revision tip: Circle time words in a story — yesterday, now, tomorrow — before picking the verb form.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Introduction to Tense.