Tense Consistency

About noon the sky darkened, a breeze sprang up, and a low rumble announces the approaching storm.

What change if, any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change "darkened" to "darkens"

• Change " sprang" to "springs"

• Change "announces" to "announced"

• Make no change.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I danced almost all night. Then I _______________ I had to wake up early the next day.

• remember

• had remembered

• would remember

• remembered

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which of the following uses verb tenses correctly?

• If it continues to snow, the district called off school.

• If it continues to snow, the district will call off school.

• If it continued to snow, the district calls off school.

• If it continue to snow, the district call off school.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

By the time negotiations...…………. many pessimists ……...…………. doubt about them

• began/had expressed

• began/expressed

• had begun/expressed

• begins/ have expressed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Harry .........…..to show his friends the photos he ......….last summer.

• want/take

• wants/takes

• wants/took

• is wanting/took

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The doctor suggested bed rest for the patient, who was suffering from a bad cold.

What change, if, any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change " suggested" to "had suggested"

• Change "was suffering" to " suffers"

• Change "was suffering" to " is suffering"

• Make no change.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

What do verb tenses indicate ?

• when an action is happening

• who is doing an action

• who is receiving an action

• the intensity of the action

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Is the traffic bad at this time of day, and are there any construction delays?

• The sentence has an incorrect tense shift.

• The tense has tense consistency

• The sentence has a shift in tense, but it is a logical one.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Einstein supposedly said positive-feedback loops .........the most impressive phenomenon in our universe.

• were

• are

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Why do you envy us for our success? We worked hard on the project and exerted our utmost effort, so we are reaping the fruits of our hard work.

• The sentence has an illogical tense shift.

• The sentence has a logical tense shift.

• The sentence has no tense shift.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D