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 __________ The pigeons on our campus fascinated me that fall afternoon as they fed together on the rye grass seed that was intended to produce a nice green winter lawn. First one, then ten, then

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twenty fly in and share the feast. None made a sound; rather, all are intent on the spread put before them. They neither argue nor chase one another away. They do not have to hurry off to prepare supper or run errands. Plump and healthy, they live year after year as they built nests in palm trees, drink water from puddles on the ground, and ate whatever came their way. In the springtime, baby pigeons hatch from eggs and repeated the cycle, ignoring the humans who lived in the same area. Only the humans hurried here and there, go home, cooked supper, and then returned the next morning to find that the rye grass needed cutting.

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Answer 1

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

The pigeons on our campus fascinated me that fall afternoon as they fed together on the rye grass seed that was intended to produce a nice green winter lawn. First one, then ten, then twenty flew in and shared the feast. None made a sound; rather, all were intent on the spread put before them. They neither argued nor chased one another away. They did not have to hurry off to prepare supper or run errands. Plump and healthy, they lived year after year as they built nests in palm trees, drank water from puddles on the ground, and ate whatever came their way. In the springtime, baby pigeons hatched from eggs and repeated the cycle, ignoring the humans who lived in the same area. Only the humans hurried here and there, went home, cooked supper, and then returned the next morning to find that the rye grass needed cutting.