Question

unit review: editing and proofreading
editing - voice and tense
tense and voice should always stay consistent throughout the entirety of a piece.
verb tense: shows when the action is occurring in time

• past tense - the action has happened previously
• present tense - the action is currently happening
• future tense - the action will happen in the future

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read the following passage: montrells first gift from the captain was a pair of socks. he thinks that parrots liked socks. which verb is a different tense from the rest of the passage?
thinks
liked
was

Explanation:

1. Identify tense of each verb:

• "was" = past tense
• "liked" = past tense
• "thinks" = present tense

1. "thinks" is the only verb not in past tense, so it differs from the rest.

Answer:

thinks