Tense Consistency and Verb Forms

This video tutorial covers the concept of tense consistency in writing. It explains the importance of maintaining consistent tenses within a clause to ensure clarity and flow. The video provides examples of sentences with consistent and inconsistent tenses, and offers practice questions to help viewers identify and correct tense errors. It also highlights exceptions to tense rules and provides tips for recognizing the correct tense using adverbial phrases.

What does tense consistency mean?

• Changing tenses frequently

• Keeping the same tense within a clause

• Using different tenses in a sentence

• Using only past tense verbs

Which of the following is a present tense verb?

• Will dance

• Dance

• Danced

• Dancing

Why is it important to maintain tense consistency?

• To make writing more complex

• To confuse the reader

• To ensure clarity and flow in writing

• To use more verbs

Which adverbial phrase suggests a future tense?

• Yesterday

• Previously

• Last year

• Next week

Identify the inconsistent verb in the sentence: 'Normally, Ashton goes to the Leisure Center on Tuesdays and played tennis.'

• Goes

• Played

• Tuesdays

• Leisure

What should 'jump' be changed to for tense consistency in the sentence: 'The skydivers wore goggles as they jump out of the plane.'?

• Jumped

• Will jump

• Jumps

• Jumping

Which sentence uses tenses consistently?

• Once the lady puts on her life jacket, she was going in the canoe.

• The lady had put on her life jacket and is getting into the canoe.

• Once the lady put on her life jacket, she got into the canoe.

• The lady is putting on her life jacket and had got into the canoe.

Which verb does not change with tense?

• Eat

• Run

• Go

• Set

Rewrite the sentence to make the tense consistent: 'Next month, Rocco in a basketball match.'

• Rocco played

• Rocco plays

• Rocco will play

• Rocco is playing