Chapter 3: Keeping The Sentence In One Time

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1. 01

   Sprint 3.1: Present Simple For General Truths

   Learner writes general claims in present simple, the default tense of Task 2, instead of drifting into continuous or future.

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2. 02

   Sprint 3.2: Past Simple For A Finished Story

   Learner narrates a finished event in past simple throughout, which is the whole grammatical demand of Speaking Part 2.

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3. 03

   Sprint 3.3: The Tense That Slipped

   Learner keeps one time frame across a sentence containing two or more verbs, which is where Band 5 complex sentences break.

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4. 04

   Sprint 3.4: Will, Would And The Conditional Frame

   Learner completes both halves of a conditional consistently, and distinguishes a real future from a hypothetical one.

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5. 05

   Sprint 3.5: Present Perfect — Started Before, Still True

   Learner uses the present perfect for a situation that began in the past and continues, and stops using it with finished time expressions.

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6. 06

   Sprint 3.6: The Passive Without Losing The Tense

   Learner forms the passive without dropping or duplicating the tense, and does not make intransitive verbs passive.

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7. 07

   Sprint 3.7: Chapter Repair — One Paragraph, One Time

   Learner holds one time frame across a paragraph and shifts deliberately when the content requires it.

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