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Tense Consistency In ParagraphsSet 2

1Yasmin is watching a movie when her mom called her.

2What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?(1) Susan went to Target one evening with her sister. (2) She bought many new decorations for Halloween! (3) She gets a black cat statue and a pumpkin picture frame. (4) She also picked out a huge pumpkin to carve.

3What verb tense should you use in an expository essay

4Choose the correct answer:Sometimes, I ..... films at night, but today I'm so tired, so I ..... on my bed right now.

5Which of the following is in the indicative + que + indicative format?

6Choose the sentence that demonstrates correct verb tense agreement.

7What is the correct way to maintain verb tense consistency in the sentence: "She is driving in the car and turned down the wrong street"?

8Choose the word of phrase that is NOT correct for this sentence.You were going to send us a price list last week, but .....

9Provided that the team ..... their strategy carefully, they ..... the championship next month.

10Yesterday I (go) to the library while Dhea (meet) Julie for coffee.

11Is the sentence written correctly?Rachel makes a list of good students and checked their behavior all day.

12By the time I'd collected all the statistics .....

13They visited the museum last weekend and sees a lot of interesting artifacts.

14Concord in Tenses:Choose the sentence with the correct tense concord:They will have finished the project by tomorrow.

15Is the sentence "During practice, I like to run and jumped." written correctly?

16Select if the sentence below is consistent or inconsistent.Mike will have planted all of the trees by lunch time.

17We went to France because .....

18True or False:The sentence 'By the time school starts, I will probably have been forgetting everything I learned' is grammatically correct.

19The dentist gave me a check up and then telling me I needed two fillings.

20The kids (play) outside until their mother (tell) them to come home.

21Which of these is an example of consistent verb tenses?

22Is the tense of an italicized verb correct or does it need to be changed to match verb tense?The newspaper runs the story on page one in the morning edition but moved it to page three in the final edition.

23Which of the following sentences shows tense inconsistency?

24His parents ..... last month by an accident and now he ..... with his uncle

25Mixed Present & Past Tenses: While I ..... for the result, I felt extremely nervous.

26Identify the incorrect verb tense shift: "She was cooking dinner when she realizes she forgot the ingredients."

27Change the tense correctly: 'I was walking to school,' she said.

28Identify the error in verb tense consistency in the following sentence: "Yesterday, she walks to the store and buys some fruit."

29What does consistent tense refer to?

30Identify and correct the verb tense shift: "Yesterday, I walk to the park and played soccer."

31Identify the verb tense error in the following sentence:'She was cooking dinner when the phone rings.'

32When John ....., Betty .....

33If all countries ..... on a solution together, measures to combat global warming .....

34Maintaining consistent and accurate tense throughout a passage helps to clearly show what?

35Yesterday I ..... about a great job, so I ..... the company my job application.

36A sentence should stay in the same tense (past or present) for the entire sentence.

37John ..... in Paris for ten years, but now he ..... in Rome.

38Choose the sentence that maintains tense agreement throughout.

39I read his biography on the Internet and knew that he became the second place in the Idol contest in his country.

40In (A) recent years, automobile emissions have disfigured (B) stone carvings, (C) corroded bronze monuments, and spoil (D) ancient buildings.

41Select the correct combination of tenses for the sentence below."Sarah worked in a company for a long time. The company no longer exists. At the time the company ..... (go) out of business, Sarah ..... (work) there for twelve years."

42Spot the pronoun consistency: She said that she is preparing for the exam.

43Read the paragraph:(1) Saul's favorite basketball player had always been Timothy Dugan of the New York Commandos. (2) Yesterday, Dugan had visited Saul's school. (3) Saul has waited in line for more than an hour. (4) But getting his basketball signed by Dugan had been worth the wait!Which sentence in the paragraph has the error?

44What should you do to avoid unnecessary shifts in verb tense?

45Read carefully. There is one error in each sentence. Locate it and write down the letter on the line provided. There are no errors in spelling. Mariano Rivera, a Yankee, had decided to play another season since he injured himself and did not want to retire on the Disabled List.

46Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.The group traveled across the desert at night and camp in tents during the day.

47Read the following sentence and select the best revision for verb tense consistency: "By the time the bell rang, the students finish their test."

48On her first day at the driving school, we ..... very nervous because we ..... a car before.

49The first time that I went to New York, I go to an opera.

50Usually, I ..... as as teacher, but this summer I ..... Italian at a language institute.

51She ..... on a new project recently, and it ..... very well.

52Recognize the tense shift: He was walking to the store when he sees a friend.

53No team wanted the girl who dropped the ball, tripped over her own feet, and misses the easy serves.

54I ..... your phone call last night last night because I ......

55Is the tense of an italicized verb correct or does it need to be changed to match verb tense?Cameron returned the serve and rushes the net.

56Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.Jennie cooks my favorite meal, turkey with stuffing, and then I washed the pots and pans.

57Choose the sentence that demonstrates incorrect verb tense consistency.

58On the first day, I sat on a chair which is in the front of the classroom.

59Which of the following sentences contains an error in verb tense consistency?

60First, I ..... the list of ingredients, Then I ..... to the supermarket, Finally I ..... the cake.

61I know that he could pass that exam.