Tense Shifts and Parallelism

I will wash the clothes before I leave the house but after I have eaten lunch.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

Tony had wanted to show you where he worked so you could have met his boss.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

We discovered that it was her birthday when it was too late.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

I purchased a bed at Courts last week, but it had not arrived as yet.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

She tried a new recipe and hoped it will turn out well.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

If I were you, I would not have done that.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

I know that he could pass that exam.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

As soon as I got to Namibia, I visit the Namib Desert.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

If you had purchased the red car, you will have gotten a discount.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.

Karen's son was born at a private hospital in Kingston.

• There is a tense shift error.

• There is no tense shift error.