tense
tensnoun, verb
C22,081st most heard wordIn 41 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 85 timeslast on Oct 16, 2026
- n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- v. increase the tension on
- v. become tense, nervous, or uneasy
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- 6:08So second conditional is if subject past tense verb would main clause.第二条件句是：if + 主语 + 过去式动词 + would + 主句。How to Use Were to in Conditionals | Learn English Grammar for Beginners
- 33:40Things are tense and awkward.气氛变得紧张而尴尬。Learn English with a Book | The Great Gatsby | Deep Work Session | Part 2
- 3:23Yesterday I walk and I see the past tense.昨天我走路，我看见了过去式。Watch This Before 2027 | English Podcast for Learning English | Speak English with Confidence
- 9:46Like in this sentence, I decided to revise it because originally I said I revised my lesson plans a lot this past week, and I didn't want to be in the past tense, so I revised it.就像在这个句子里，我决定修订它，因为最初我说的是我过去一周频繁修订了教案，但我不想用过去时，所以我修订了它。Let's Learn English! Topic: Change! 🍅🍂🚪
- 11:27The verb to hide the past tense of hid, right?动词躲藏的过去式是hid，对吧？2690 - 3 Strange Things Americans Do with Pronunciation with Michael from Happy English
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- past tense26×present tense10×tense be4×this tense4×continuous tense3×
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speakspi:kv. use languagepattern'pætәnn. a model considered worthy of imitationverbvә:bn. the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentencepastpɑ:stn. the time that has elapsedimaginei'mædʒinv. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the casesentence'sentәnsn. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
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