SHIFTS IN VERB TENSES Fix the verb that

SHIFTS IN VERB TENSES

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Sam always neglects the trash, so each week his wife dragged the can to the curb.

ANSWER dragged becomes drags

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • The group will travel across the desert at night and camped in tents during the day.

ANSWER camped becomes will camp

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • The coach yells directions, and the obedient players hustled down the field.

ANSWER hustled becomes hustle

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Water from the creek trickled down the rocks and splashes softly into the shallow pond.

ANSWER splashes becomes splashed

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • I walked quickly to the bus stop and board the city bus just in time.

ANSWER board becomes boarded

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • The street performer will dance, and she attracted a large audience of tourists.

ANSWER attracted becomes will attract

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Eva challenged Brett to the match, but he scores more points in the end.

ANSWER scores becomes scored

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Jake catches a buckeye butterfly in his net and then let it go.

ANSWER let becomes lets

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • After Paul collected enough wood, Sharon builds the bonfire on the bluff.

ANSWER builds becomes built

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Kendra pays her fare and then waited on the platform for the next train.

ANSWER waited becomes waits

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • As a young girl, my mother picked and sells beets on her family's farm.

ANSWER sells becomes sold

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Janelle will bring out her box of rainbow stationery and writes a letter to her cousin.

ANSWER writes becomes will write

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Under a palm tree that gently sways in the breeze, Shelby took a nap.

ANSWER took becomes takes

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • After Matt won the race, the man at the finish line rings a large brass bell.

ANSWER rings becomes rang

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • Cody will dive across the field, catch the ball, and threw it to the catcher.

ANSWER threw becomes will throw

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold. • I started a movie, but I fall fast asleep after just five or ten minutes.

ANSWER fall becomes fell