Just another reminder that tenses are about time. When you write using tenses, you are trying to communicate a timeframe to those listening to your words. Those people receive that message and act upon it or at least note the timeframe. You could miss out on an important opportunity by not communicating the time accurately. The verb tells about time and other words support that message.
I meet you tomorrow.
With this sentence I am communicating a confusing message.
The word meet indicates a regular action. The word tomorrow indicates a time in the future. I should say one of the following two sentences.
I meet you every Monday.
I will meet you next Monday.
Okay, let’s try another paragraph for corrections. See if you can rewrite the entire paragraph correctly using the tenses we have studied so far.
Last Sunday, I drive to Santa Maria which was a beautiful town near the Pacific Ocean. I go there ten years ago with my parents, and I will want to visit this town again. My mother grows up in Santa Maria. Right now, I write to you about the trip because I believed you should go there for the weekend. The air was fresh and clean in the town. My friend Peter will go with me and we have great hamburgers at a charming restaurant that will be built there in 1970.
Regards,
Barbara92106
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