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Verb Tense Consistency and Verbals
Keep verb tense consistent when events happen in the same time frame, use past perfect for earlier past actions, and identify participles, gerunds and infinitives by their job in the sentence.
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Tense sets the time frame
A verb tense tells the reader when an action happens. In a narrative or paragraph, verbs should usually stay in the same tense while the actions are happening in the same time frame. A sudden shift makes the reader wonder whether the time has changed.