1. SHIFTS IN VERB TENSES

2. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Sam always neglects the  trash, so each week his wife dragged the can to the curb.

3. ANSWER
dragged becomes drags

4. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
The group will travel across the desert at night and  camped in tents during the day.

5. camped becomes will camp
ANSWER
camped becomes will camp

6. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
The coach yells directions,  and the obedient players  hustled down the field.

7. hustled becomes hustle
ANSWER
hustled becomes hustle

8. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Water from the creek  trickled down the rocks and splashes softly into the  shallow pond.

9. splashes becomes splashed
ANSWER
splashes becomes splashed

10. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
I walked quickly to the bus  stop and board the city bus  just in time.

11. ANSWER
board becomes boarded

12. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
The street performer will dance, and she attracted a large audience of tourists.

13. attracted becomes will attract
ANSWER
attracted becomes will attract

14. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Eva challenged Brett to the match, but he scores more points in the end.

15. ANSWER
scores becomes scored

16. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Jake catches a buckeye  butterfly in his net and then  let it go.

17. ANSWER
let becomes lets

18. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
After Paul collected enough wood, Sharon builds the  bonfire on the bluff.

19. ANSWER
builds becomes built

20. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Kendra pays her fare and  then waited on the platform for the next train.

21. ANSWER
waited becomes waits

22. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
As a young girl, my mother  picked and sells beets on herfamily's farm.

23. ANSWER
sells becomes sold

24. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Janelle will bring out her box of rainbow stationery  and writes a letter to her cousin.

25. writes becomes will write
ANSWER
writes becomes will write

26. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Under a palm tree that  gently sways in the breeze,  Shelby took a nap.

27. ANSWER
took becomes takes

28. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
After Matt won the race, the man at the finish line rings a large brass bell.

29. ANSWER
rings becomes rang

30. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
Cody will dive across the field, catch the ball, and  threw it to the catcher.

31. threw becomes will throw
ANSWER
threw becomes will throw

32. Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the verb in bold.
I started a movie, but I fall  fast asleep after just five or  ten minutes.

33. ANSWER
fall becomes fell