Tense is how English marks time, but varieties of English divide the work between tense forms and time words in different ways. In Indian English you may hear "I am living here since 2015" (I have lived here since 2015), "I have sent it yesterday" (I sent it yesterday), "We will do it once you will send the file" (once you send the file), or "When I reached, he already left" (he had already left). What you will learn: • Present for duration: since and for • Present perfect with past time words • "Will" in time and condition clauses • The past perfect, less used • Other time expressions • How to anchor meaning • Practice: decode the sentence • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.