Common Core: 5th Grade English Language Arts › Recognize and Correct Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Tense: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1.D
Correct the underlined word with the correct verb tense
Raul splashed in the pool with his sister and cousin last summer on vacation.
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Ross lifts the right side of the couch as Rachel lifted the left side of the couch.
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As the monkey swung from the branches at the zoo, he attracts a large audience.
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As the monkey swings from the branches at the zoo, he attracted a large audience.
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Brian neglected the trash, so each week Lindsey takes the trash to the curb for trash pickup.
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Tim always neglects the leaves, so each fall Gabe always raked all the leaves.
Fill in the blank with the correct correlative conjunction
__________ I will pick Jack up from school, or he will ride the bus home.
Correct the underlined word with the correct verb tense
Water from the waterfall rushed down the cliff and splashes into the river.
The tense of a verb tells when the action takes place. Do not shift tenses within or between sentences unless you need to reflect a time change.
Water from the waterfall rushes down the cliff and splashed into the river.
Correct the underlined word with the correct verb tense
Jessica jumped rope as Hannah splashes in the puddles.