Continuity of Tenses
English Language: KS3, topic 3.9.6
Continuity of Tenses
Keeping your writing in the same tense is important. The tense tells the reader the time that actions and events occur.
Continuity of tense
- It can be confusing for the reader if your tense changes between the past, the present or the future.
Continuity of tense example
- E.g. ‘Suzie jumped in the water and eats her sandwich.’
- It is confusing that the event of ‘jumped’ tells us it happened in the past, but ‘eats’ is in the present.
Continuity of tense example cont
- It would be grammatically accurate to write, ‘Suzie jumped in the water and ate her sandwich.’
- 'Jumped' and 'ate' are both in the past tense.
Test yourself on Continuity of Tenses
Which of these sentences shows continuity of tense?
Which of these sentences shows continuity of tense?
Which of these sentences shows continuity of tense?
Which of these sentences shows continuity of tense?