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Sentence Skills, Form A book cover
Sentence Skills, Form A, 7/e
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
Consistent Verb Tense

Writing On and Offline

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Activity 1:

Take a look at the New York Times On-Line, and read an article that interests you. What was your article about? What tense was it written in? Did the tense vary at all in the article? Do you think most newspaper stories are written in this tense? Why or why not?
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Activity 2:

Write three sentences, each in a different tense. Try to make the sentences fit together. They could be the beginning of a story or an essay. Was this difficult? Why?








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