Question

unit exam: 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

read the following passage: captain kidd visits montrell every summer. montrell always looks forward to when the old captain came to see him. which verb is a different tense from the rest of the passage?
looks
came
visits

Explanation:

The passage uses present tense for "visits" and "looks" to describe a repeated annual action. "Came" is past tense, which does not match the consistent present tense of the other verbs.

Answer:

B. came