Verb Tense Consistency

What is a parallel structure?

• When only one verb is used for an entire paragraph.

• When all the verbs match across a paragraph.

• When multiple verbs are used for the same action.

• When the same verb is used in two sentences.

"Charles has eaten more hamburgers than James," is an example of what tense?

• Present Perfect

• Present

• Future Perfect

• Past

Which of the following is an example of future perfect tense?

• You are running around the bases.

• You were running around the bases

• You will run around the bases

• You will have run around the bases

Fill in the blank to create a parallel structure.

Rachel climbed the tree and ________ the cat

• has rescued

• rescues

• will rescue

• rescued

Fill in the blanks to create a parallel structure.

When I __________ to the park yesterday, I _______ a little kitten under the bench.

• had walked....have seen

• had walked....saw

• Walk....see

• Walked.....saw

Fill in the blank to create a parallel structure.

They _________ in Chicago for 20 years and worked for the city government the whole time.

• Had lived.

• lived.

• Will have lived.

• Have lived.

What is a participle?

• A part of a verb tense

• Just another word for particle.

• A verb that has been put into a verb tense.

• One word in a sentence

Which tense makes the most sense in this sentence?

I __________ a new bike yesterday.

• buy

• will buy

• have bought.

• bought

Fill in the blanks to create a parallel structure.

The Bartons ____________ to the mountains last weekend. While they __________ lunch, a man ___________ out of a tree.

• Went...ate...falls

• had gone...ate...fell.

• go...eat....falls

• Went...ate...fell.

Fill in the blank to create a parallel structure.

Armadillos are mammals that ______ warm, moist climates and thrive in forested areas and grasslands.

• prefer

• prefers

• has preferred

• preferred