Editing: Editing Your Tenses

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Editing Your Tenses

Your tense needs to be the same and correct throughout a piece of writing.

Tenses

You need to use the same tenses throughout a piece of writing.
This doesn’t always mean the tense needs to be the same the entire narrative
- For example, a flashback may be in a different tense.
- But, the tense needs to be the same within a section of writing.

Correct example

I caught the bus. I went to school. I ate my lunch. I talked to my friends.
- These sentences all use the past tense.

Incorrect example

My name is Jenny. I was eight years old. I like going swimming and cycling.
- Not all the verbs in this sentence are in the right tense.
- Most of the verbs are in the present tense.
- The odd one out is 'was', which is in the past tense.
The sentence should be: I am eight years old.

Good example

I have a dog. He is often sleepy. He sleeps with my brother. He sleeps on walks. But he does not sleep on his skateboard!
- These sentences all use the present tense.

Bad example

Lily loved her teddy bear. When he goes missing, she was very sad.
- Not all the verbs in this sentence are in the right tense.
- Most of the verbs are in the past tense.
- The odd one out is 'goes', which is in the past tense.
The correct sentence should be: When he went missing, she was very sad.

1Reading

1.1Reading

1.1.1Understanding New Words: Prefixes

1.1.2Understanding New Words: Suffixes

1.1.3Understanding New Words: Root Words

1.1.4Exception Words

1.2Prefixes

1.2.1Adding a Prefix with a Hyphen

1.2.2End of Topic Test - Reading & Prefixes

1.3Suffixes

1.3.1Words Ending in '-cious' or '–tious'

1.3.2More Words Ending in '-cious' / '-tious'

1.3.3Words Ending in '-cial' or '-tial'

1.3.4Words Ending in '-ant' or '-ent'

1.3.5Words Ending in '-ance' or '-ence'

1.3.6Words Ending in '-ancy' or '-ency'

1.3.7Words Ending in '-able' & '-ably' (1/2)

1.3.8Words Ending in '-able' & '-ably' (2/2)

1.3.9Words Ending in '-ible' & '-ibly'

1.3.10Words Ending in '-fer'

1.4Spelling Rules

1.4.1‘i' Before 'e' Except After 'c’

1.4.2‘i' Before 'e' Except After 'c’: Exceptions

1.4.3End of Topic Test - Suffixes & Spelling Rules

1.5Reading Comprehension

1.5.1Retrieval

1.5.2Answer Retrieval Questions

1.5.3Retrieval Practice

1.5.4Inference

1.5.5Answering Inference Questions

1.5.6Impressions

1.5.7Inference Practice

1.5.8Prediction

1.5.9Predictions: Example

1.5.10Prediction Practice

1.5.11Summarising

1.5.12Answering Summary Questions

1.5.13Summarising Practice

1.6Reading Comprehension: SAT Practise

1.6.1Reading Comprehension Practise 1 (SAT)

1.6.2Reading Comprehension Practise 2 (SAT)

1.6.3Reading Comprehension Practise 3 (SAT)

1.6.4Reading Comprehension Practise 4 (SAT)

1.6.5Reading Comprehension Practise 5 (SAT)

1.6.6Reading Comprehension Practise 6 (SAT)

1.6.7Reading Comprehension Practise 7 (SAT)

1.6.8Reading Comprehension Practise 8 (SAT)

1.7Word Meaning

1.7.1Word Meaning

1.7.2Answering Questions About Word Meaning

1.7.3Homonyms

1.7.4End of Topic Test - Comprehension & Word Meaning

1.8Fact vs. Opinion

1.8.1Fact & Opinion

1.8.2Fact & Opinion - Questions

1.9Justifying Views

1.9.1Justifying Your Views

1.9.2End of Topic Test - Facts & Opinions

1.10Figurative Language

1.10.1Figurative Language

1.10.2Similes

1.10.3Similes: Comprehension

1.10.4Metaphors

1.10.5Personification

1.10.6Onomatopoeia

1.10.7Alliteration

1.10.8Hyperbole

1.11Text Structure

1.11.1Structure in Poetry: Verses

1.11.2Structure in Poetry: Rhyme

1.11.3Structure in Non-Fiction (1/2)

1.11.4Structure in Non-Fiction (2/2)

1.11.5End of Topic Test - Fig. Language & Text Structure

2Writing

2.1Sounds in Words

2.1.1The 'ough' Sound (1/2)

2.1.2The 'ough' Sound (2/2)

2.1.3Silent Letters

2.1.4Silent Letters: Examples

2.1.5End of Topic Test - 'Ough' Sound & Silent Letters

2.2Homophones

2.3Using a Dictionary

2.3.1Using a Dictionary

2.3.2Using a Thesaurus

2.4Writing Composition

2.4.1Reasons for Planning

2.4.2Identifying Your Audience

2.4.3Identifying Your Purpose

2.4.4Noting Down Ideas

2.4.5Considering Other Writing

2.4.6Drafting: Grammar

2.4.7Drafting a Narrative

2.4.8Drafting: Precising

2.4.9Making Your Writing Flow: Conjunctions

2.4.10Making Your Writing Flow: Devices for Cohesion

2.4.11Making Your Writing Flow: Synonyms

2.4.12Drafting a Layout

2.4.13Editing: What Is Editing?

2.4.14Editing: Editing Your Tenses

2.4.15Editing: Things to Check When Editing

2.4.16Proof Reading: Steps

2.4.17Proof Reading: Punctuation, Spelling & Grammar

2.4.18End of Topic Test - Dictionary & Composition

2.5The Subjunctive Mood

2.5.1Hopes & Wishes

2.5.2Hopes & Wishes: Examples

2.5.3Demands & Commands

2.5.4Requests

2.5.5Suggestions

2.5.6End of Topic Test - The Subjunctive Mood

2.6Modal Verbs

2.6.1What are Modal Verbs?

2.6.2Can

2.6.3Could

2.6.4May

2.6.5Might

2.6.6Should

2.6.7Shall

2.6.8Will

2.6.9Would

2.6.10Must

2.6.11Have to

2.6.12End of Topic Test - Modal Verbs

2.7Active & Passive Voice

2.7.1Active Voice

2.7.2Passive Voice

2.8Relative Clauses

2.8.1Relative Pronouns

2.8.2Relative Clauses

2.9Expanded Nouns

2.9.1Expanded Nouns

2.9.2Expanded Nouns Phrases: Examples

2.9.3End of Topic Test - Active, Passive, Relative...

2.10Punctuation

2.10.1Commas for Meaning

2.10.2Commas in Lists

2.10.3Commas in Compound Sentences

2.10.4Hyphens

2.10.5Using Dashes for Parenthesis

2.10.6Using Brackets for Parenthesis

2.10.7Using Commas for Parenthesis

2.10.8Clauses: Using Colons to Separate Clauses

2.10.9Clauses: Using Semi-Colons to Separate Clauses

2.10.10Clauses: Using Dashes to Separate Clauses

2.10.11Colons

2.10.12Bullet Points: Puctuation

2.10.13Bullet Points: Capital Letters

2.10.14Bullet Points: Consistency

2.10.15End of Topic Test - Punctuation

2.11SAT Spelling Practise

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