INSTRUCTIONS: Edit the following paragraphs for consistent verb tense only. Identify the tense in the first sentence as present or past, and then make the remaining sentences match that tense. Tense __________ Abraham Lincoln experienced a rough pioneer life during his childhood. When Abe is seven years old, his family is forced off their land because of a lawsuit stating that Thomas Lincoln,

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Abe's father, did not have prior rights to the land. From here, the Lincoln family moves to untouched land that Thomas had staked out in Kentucky. Once there, Thomas and Abe build a log cabin that has a door opening but no door, windows without glass, and a dirt floor. From the time they reach the new land, Abe's job is to walk a mile to the nearest spring to get water. When Abe was eight years old, Nancy Lincoln, his mother, becomes ill with the strange "milk sickness" disease. On October 5, 1818, she dies. He went one year with no mother. Then his dad leaves Abe and his sister alone at home one whole winter while he went to find a new wife. Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston. This new wife and mother ended a bleak time in Abe's childhood.

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Tense past (Verbs that need to be changed are in boldface.)

Abraham Lincoln experienced a rough pioneer life during his childhood. When Abe was seven years old, his family was forced off their land because of a lawsuit stating that Thomas Lincoln, Abe's father, did not have prior rights to the land. From here, the Lincoln family moved to untouched land that Thomas had staked out in Kentucky. Once there, Thomas and Abe built a log cabin that had a door opening but no door, windows without glass, and a dirt floor. From the time they reached the new land, Abe's job was to walk a mile to the nearest spring to get water. When Abe was eight years old, Nancy Lincoln, his mother, became ill with the strange "milk sickness" disease. On October 5, 1818, she died. He went one year with no mother. Then his dad left Abe and his sister alone at home one whole winter while he went to find a new wife. Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston. This new wife and mother ended a bleak time in Abe's childhood.