Last year, Elena joined a community emergency team.
joined · simple past · one closed starting event
Masterminds · English Grammar
Reading Bridge
Your First Passage — Find the Verbs
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Primera lectura: reconstruye la historia. Segunda lectura: marca etapas, portadores y relaciones entre cláusulas antes de revelar.
She now studies weather reports every morning.
studies · simple present · repeated routine; singular agreement on the lexical verb
Today, she is checking supplies because a storm is approaching.
is checking / is approaching · present continuous · two events viewed as unfolding now
When the warning ends, she will update the team.
ends · present in a future time clause; will update · future main clause
The group will use her report before the group opens the shelter.
will use · future main event; opens · present form in a future time clause; the repeated noun makes the actor unambiguous
Read for meaning → mark time stages and carriers → predict each form’s job → confirm in context.