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Conditionals & wishes · CEFR B2 · Confident
After "it is time" plus a subject, English uses the past tense to talk about now — the same trick as "wish".
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It is time you went home.
It's time + subject + past · It's time to + verb
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
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Example 1 of 1
It is time you went home.
After "it is time you", the verb goes into the past even though you mean now.
The shape
It's time + subject + past · It's time to + verb
Say something should have happened already.
In Hindi
"it is time" के बाद कर्ता आए तो अभी की बात भूतकाल में कही जाती है — वही तरकीब जो "wish" में है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
It is time you go home. | It is time you went home. After "it is time you", the verb goes into the past even though you mean now. |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
It's time you… is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to conditionals & wishes. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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