Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Tense Consistency Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on creating Tense Consistency.
Other
Mc Graw Hill: Avoid Shifts in Verb Tense
This reference from the McGraw-Hill CCCS Literacy eHandbook discusses the importance of keeping a consistent verb tense when writing. Students will see examples of ways to correct sentences that contain incorrect verb tense shifts. A...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Verbs
This instructional activity focuses on verbs including functions and categories of verbs, types of verbs, irregular verbs, verb tenses, tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, verbals, and a variety of verb practice activities. It...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Verb Tense
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing. Students will use past tense consistently for narration, and will recognize and use the term 'verb' appropriately.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Grammar Verb Tense
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help students to use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing, e.g. catch/caught. Use past tense consistently for narration. Help students to use the term 'verb' appropriately.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Tense Shift Power Point
Learn about using consistent verb tenses and practice identifying tense shifts in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Inappropriate Shifts in Verbs
Find fifteen worksheets designed to provide practice on maintaining verb tense. These exercises have been created expressly for elementary students. All worksheets are available as PDFs.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Tense Consistency: Grammar Rules
This page focuses on the need for verb tense consistency on a clause level. It is important to maintain the same verb tense in a clause; if the time changes, use a second sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Consistency of Tense and Pronoun
Brief instruction on maintaining pronoun and verb tense consistency. Links to additional help and quiz are included.
Other
H&h Publishing: Identify Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Tense
Practice improving four sentences by correct verb tense shifts and eliminating unnecessary words.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Shifts in Verb Tenses
Shifts in verb tense are useful in helping readers understand actions occurring at different times. Verb tenses should stay consistent in every sentence. [0:42]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: When to Use the Past Tense for Irregular Verbs
Often when we write the past tense of a regular verb, we add an "-ed" after the last letter. Irregular verbs do not follow this rule! The simple past and simple participle of irregular verbs can end in a variety of ways with no...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Avoiding Shifts Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Faulty Shifts in tenses.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tense Consistency: Lesson 2
A video explaining how to maintain verb tense consistency. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Verb tense consistency" and is followed by a three-question multiple choice quiz. [7:25]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tense Consistency: Lesson 1
A slideshow explaining how to maintain verb tense consistency. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Verb tense consistency" and is followed by a three-quesiton quiz to check for understanding.
Other
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Shifty Tenses
Notes about verb tense, when it should and should not be changed, and what tense is best to use when writing about literature.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Avoiding Shifts Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Faulty Shifts.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Avoiding Shifts Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Faulty Shifts.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Shifts in Writing
Five areas to edit for shifts in writing: Consistent Point of View, Consistent Verb Tenses, Verbs Consistent in Mood and Voice, Shifts from Indirect to Direct Questions/Quotations, and Shifts from British to American English. Each area...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Grammar Evaluation 1 [Pdf]
This is a 24-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Grammar Evaluation 3 [Pdf]
This is a 22-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Answer Key for Grammar Evaluation 3 [Pdf]
This is the answer key for a 22-question, grammar test requiring students to correct sentences with miscellaneous usage errors.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Editing for Coherence and Transition
In this lesson, students will learn how to edit sentences so they move seamlessly from one to another within a paragraph; however, they can use the same methods to ensure that paragraphs move seamlessly from one to another in an entire...