Verb Tense Consistency
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Alejandra Rodriguez
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Verb Tense Consistency
By Alejandra Rodriguez
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What is a verb tense?
The word "tense" means time, and we know that when we talk about time it can be in the past, present, or future.
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Past - Action has already happened.
Present - happening right now
Future - has not happened yet
Verb Tenses and Examples
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Verb Tense Consistency
Consistency just means the same. When all of the verbs in a sentence are happening in the same time period, the verb tenses are consistent.
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Mentor Sentence
Mia went to the park. She walked her dog, ate her lunch, and talks to her friend.
What tense are the underlined verbs in?
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Multiple Choice
What tense are the underlined verbs in the mentor sentence in?
Mia went to the park. She walked her dog, ate her lunch, and talks to her friend.
Past
Present
Future
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Poll
Now look at the last verb "talks" in the mentor sentence. Are ALL the verbs consistent (the same)?
Mia went to the park. She walked her dog, ate her lunch, and talks to her friend.
Yes, all of the verbs are consistent.
No, all the verbs are NOT consistent.
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Multiple Choice
What change needs to be made to make them all consistent (the same)?
Mia went to the park. She walked her dog, ate her lunch, and talks to her friend.
Change talks to talking
Change talks to will talk
Changes talks to talked
Change talks to have talked
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Practice with verb tense consistency
For the next questions, first determine what tense the verbs are in.
Then, look to see if there are any verbs that does not match the rest.
Finally, determine what change needs to be made.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
Yesterday Ivan threw up during practice because he runs too much.
Change runs to will run
Change runs to ran
Change runs to runned
No change needs to be made.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
Kevin caught the ball and then throws it to the catcher.
Change caught to will catch
Change throws to will throw
Change throws to threw
No change is needed.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
Sarah missed a week of school, so her grades suffered.
Change missed to misses
Change missed to missing
Change suffered to suffering
No change is needed.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
Students are misbehaving but then wonder why they failed.
Change misbehaving to misbehaved
Change wonder to wondering
Change failed to are failing
No change is needed.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
My dog barked all night and was crying all night too.
Change barked to barking
Change WAS CRYING to cried
Change WAS CRYING to WILL CRY
No change is needed.
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Multiple Choice
What is the best way to correct this sentence?
Mia is practicing for her competition and is giving herself a break this weekend.
Change practicing to practiced
Change is practicing to will practice
Change is giving to gave
No change is needed.
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