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.

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

• remember

• had remembered

• would remember

• remembered

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.

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

• began/had expressed

• began/expressed

• had begun/expressed

• begins/ have expressed

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

• want/take

• wants/takes

• wants/took

• is wanting/took

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.

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

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.

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

• were

• are

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.