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15.4 Consistency: Making Verb Tenses Consistent

Application 6
Instructions

Click on the "sentence" button next to each number and a sentence will pop up. The verbs will show shifts in time for no good reason. Correct each sentence so that all the verbs are in the same tense as the first verb in each sentence. Click on whatever words you need to change and retype them.

Example: Mr. Whitaker locks his door as soon as the paper girl left.
Mr. Whitaker locks his door as soon as the paper girl leaves.

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