Keep Verb Tense Consistent
Grade 5 - Grammar - Challenge Me

Which revision keeps verb tense consistent? Lena records the data and compared the results.
- The club proposed flower beds and planted them later.
- The hikers followed the map and chose the marsh trail.
- The class planted seeds and watered them daily.
- Lena records the data and compares the results.
Which sentence has an unnecessary tense shift?
- The club proposed flower beds and plants them later.
- The hikers followed the map and choose the marsh trail.
- Malik interviews neighbors and wrote an article.
- Lena records the data and compared the results.
What tense should both verbs use in "The robot scanned the tag and sorted the book."?
- present tense
- future tense
- past tense
- perfect tense only
Why is "The club proposed flower beds and planted them later." clearer than "The club proposed flower beds and plants them later."?
- the verbs stay in the same time frame
- the sentence has no verbs
- the punctuation changes the topic
- the subject disappears
Which question helps check tense consistency in "The hikers followed the map and chose the marsh trail."?
- Does every word rhyme?
- Do the verbs show the same time unless the meaning changes?
- Are all nouns capitalized?
- Is there a quotation mark?
Which revision keeps verb tense consistent? The robot scanned the tag and sorts the book.
- Rosa sketches the mural and asks for feedback.
- The robot scanned the tag and sorted the book.
- Lena records the data and compares the results.
- The hikers followed the map and chose the marsh trail.
Which sentence has an unnecessary tense shift?
- Lena records the data and compared the results.
- The hikers followed the map and choose the marsh trail.
- Tessa studies the board and moved her queen.
- The robot scanned the tag and sorts the book.
What tense should both verbs use in "Malik interviews neighbors and writes an article."?
- future tense
- past tense
- present tense
- perfect tense only
Why is "Lena records the data and compares the results." clearer than "Lena records the data and compared the results."?
- the subject disappears
- the punctuation changes the topic
- the verbs stay in the same time frame
- the sentence has no verbs
Which question helps check tense consistency in "Lena records the data and compares the results."?
- Does every word rhyme?
- Do the verbs show the same time unless the meaning changes?
- Are all nouns capitalized?
- Is there a quotation mark?