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Verb Tense Consistency

Verb Tense Consistency. If you tell a story in PAST tense, STAY in PAST tense:. My brother was my best friend. He would always give me advice if I was having an argument with my boyfriend or if I needed to ask my parents for a favor. If you tell a story in PRESENT tense, STAY in PRESENT tense:.

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Verb Tense Consistency

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  1. Verb Tense Consistency If you tell a story in PAST tense, STAY in PAST tense: My brother was my best friend. He would always give me advice if I was having an argument with my boyfriend or if I needed to ask my parents for a favor. If you tell a story in PRESENT tense, STAY in PRESENT tense: My brother is my best friend. He always gives me advice if I am having an argument with my boyfriend or if I need to ask my parents for a favor.

  2. Verb Tense Consistency If it makes sense to shift the tense, then do it: Carole went to nursing school in North Carolina and started working as a nurse in Raleigh. Later she went to med school. Now she is a highly respected orthopedic surgeon. Janet loves to sing. She sings in the shower, belts out songs in my car, and performs with the school choir. However, there was a time when she was too shy to sing one note and never opened her mouth, even to sing “Happy Birthday” at a friend’s party.

  3. Mark decided to go to the Halloween party as Darth Vader. He was a Star Wars fanatic, so he was always looking for a reason to escape into the Star Wars life. So he goes to a costume store, and not only is there no Darth Vader costume, but there is no Star Wars character costume at all. He was so disappointed. He ended up going as Dolly Parton. He looks like a fool. A woman who lives on my street feeds all the stray cats. In the neighborhood, they call her the crazy cat lady, but her real name is Mrs. Beasley. She sits on her steps in her straw hat and white hospital shoes and shook the box of kibble. When kids walked by, she always smiled at them sweetly.

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