Quick exercises to fix verb tense mistakes

Here are some quick and effective exercises to fix verb tense mistakes:

1. Correct the Mistakes: Find sentences with verb tense errors and correct them. For example, change “I walk into the café and ordered a coffee” to “I walked into the café and ordered a coffee.” This helps train tense consistency recognition. ²

2. Match the Tense: Match sentences with their correct verb tense category. Example: “She has visited France three times” matches Present Perfect. This improves tense identification skills. ²

3. Tense Shift Detective: Read a paragraph and identify inconsistent verb tenses. Correct those to maintain a consistent timeframe, e.g., changing “We swim for hours and then eats lunch” to “We swam for hours and then ate lunch”. ²

4. Past-Present-Future Journal: Write short daily paragraphs each in a different tense – one day past tense, the next present, then future. This reinforces focusing on consistent verb usage. ²

5. Rewrite Dialogue: Take a short dialogue and rewrite all verbs into another tense (e.g., present to past) to observe how tense influences meaning and mood. ²

6. Watch & Write: Watch a short English video clip, then write a summary using one tense consistently. This trains listening and writing tense accuracy. ²

These exercises hone awareness and correction of verb tense errors both in writing and speaking. Practicing regularly will build skills for more fluent and grammatically accurate English use.

Références

• Tenses -Let’s Correct the Mistakes

• 7 Practice Exercises to Master Tense Shifts in Writing

• Fix Verb Tense Errors Resources | 10th Grade Ela

• Verb Tenses | ENGLISH PAGE

• Correction of Errors (Tenses) Worksheet | PDF

• Tenses Worksheet with Answers: Practice Exercises

• Common Verb Tense Mistakes Students Make

• Error Correction Worksheet