✏️ Grammar & Conventions: Verb Tense Shifts (Grade 5)

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Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

1. Fix the tense shift: I finish my homework and then watched TV.

2. Fix the tense shift: The bell rang, and everyone leaves.

3. Fix the tense shift: Yesterday I walk to school and saw a deer.

4. Fix the tense shift: We played games and eat pizza last night.

5. Fix the tense shift: He runs fast and won the race last week.

6. Fix the tense shift: She opens the door and walked inside.

Answer key: 1) finished · 2) left · 3) walked · 4) ate · 5) ran · 6) walks (or opened)

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Free Grade 5 English worksheet (Common Core L.5.1.d): recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. Skill: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. Level: Grade 5 — also suits Year 6 (UK).

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CCSS L.5.1.d: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
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