Question

unit review: editing and proofreadingediting - voice and tensetense 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 futureread the following passage: captain kidd and montrell finally separated on their last journey. montrell decides that he wanted to start a parrot family. which verb is a different tense from the rest of the passage?wanteddecidesseparated

Explanation:

1. Identify the tense of each verb:

• "separated" is past tense (action happened previously).
• "wanted" is past tense (action happened previously).
• "decides" is present tense (action is currently happening).

1. Compare the tenses: "separated" and "wanted" are past tense, while "decides" is present tense, making it the verb with a different tense from the rest.

Answer:

decides