Learning Paths » 5A Interacting
Present tenses:
The reader can notice the use of the present tense :
· in the line 32 ;
· in the lines 34 and 35;
· and in the sequence from line 37 to the end of the extract;
Past tenses:
The reader notices the frequent use of the past tenses in the first half of the extract. more precisely past tenses are used
· from line 7 lo line 10;
· from line 13 to line 14;
· from line 17 to line 24.
· and from line 25 to line 30.
Future tenses:
future tenses are used at the beginning of the extract, more precisely from line 1 to line 6.
The use of different verbal tenses better focuses the reader attention on the many
shifting moods of the protagonist, Clarissa Dalloway.