Let the time words choose the tense.

Notice the small time clue, choose the verb form that agrees with it, and keep the cue for next time.

No account · no timer · one time clue at a time

Pick a trail

Which time clue should we follow?

Choose one trail or take a three-level walk from past and present, to time reaching now, to the ways English looks ahead.

A gentle note: When It Happened is relaxed language practice, not a measure of fluency.