Tenses in Context
الأزمنة في السياق
Not a second tense course — this unit trains tense SELECTION: which tense the context demands, and the time signals STEP uses to point you to it.
Lesson
Present Simple vs Present Progressive
المضارع البسيط والمستمر
Permanent facts and habits versus temporary actions happening around now.
8 practice · 10 STEP questions
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Present Perfect vs Past Simple
المضارع التام والماضي البسيط
Finished time versus experience and results that matter now — plus since, for, ago, yet, already.
8 practice · 10 STEP questions
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Perfect vs Perfect Progressive
التام والتام المستمر
Completed result versus continuing duration — in the present and the past.
8 practice · 10 STEP questions
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Past Narratives & Future Forms
السرد الماضي وصيغ المستقبل
Past simple vs progressive vs perfect in a story, and choosing between will, going to and progressive futures.
8 practice · 10 STEP questions
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