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A request from after seeing how her English is rather dodgy with how tense works. I made this visual aid to show how tense pertains to time (at least the time of the utterance or writing).

It's quite simple, really. Past refers to events or conditions that happened in the past, whether it be until now, yesterday, or even centuries ago.
"When I was a kid..."
"I sent you that email yesterday."
"The Chinese invented Go."

The future refers to thing that will happen: plans, predictions, the like.
"Her next son will be named Hiram."
"I'll fill out the form tomorrow."
"I'll play Go when I'm in China."

The present refers to current or regular happenings.
"I am 23 years old."
"She's looking for a stamp."
"Lots of people play Go in China."

There are quite a few complexities with use of auxiliaries and pin-pointing order of events with tense and the like, but this should be at least a good start.

Don't be afraid to ask me any grammar questions. It might just be worthy of another English with Hina!

Description
A request from after seeing how her English is rather dodgy with how tense works. I made this visual aid to show how tense pertains to time (at least the time of the utterance or writing).

It's quite simple, really. Past refers to events or conditions that happened in the past, whether it be until now, yesterday, or even centuries ago.
"When I was a kid..."
"I sent you that email yesterday."
"The Chinese invented Go."

The future refers to thing that will happen: plans, predictions, the like.
"Her next son will be named Hiram."
"I'll fill out the form tomorrow."
"I'll play Go when I'm in China."

The present refers to current or regular happenings.
"I am 23 years old."
"She's looking for a stamp."
"Lots of people play Go in China."

There are quite a few complexities with use of auxiliaries and pin-pointing order of events with tense and the like, but this should be at least a good start.

Don't be afraid to ask me any grammar questions. It might just be worthy of another English with Hina!