Keep agreement and tense consistent
See this course’s project requirements
A sentence-editing portfolio with before/after examples, named repairs and a final paragraph checked for meaning, grammar and clarity.
Keep your working files in your own notebook or software. Save a private description, checklist, and work link in My Proof.
What to include
- Classify independent/dependent clauses and phrases.
- Repair a fragment and a comma splice with preserved meaning.
- Annotate agreement, tense and ambiguous pronouns.
- Explain three structural punctuation choices.
- Submit the full paragraph edit and cause-based revision log.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Method: applies the course-specific rules to the supplied cases with visible intermediate work.
- Accuracy: results agree with the stated facts, units, boundaries and independent checks.
- Reasoning: explains why the result follows and identifies a limitation or unresolved question.
- Transfer: completes changed cases and revises the final project when a relevant assumption changes.
Want more background?
The idea in everyday life
Formal practice draft: The list of materials are on the table. Yesterday, Nia check the list and packed the box.
Subject–verb agreement follows the grammatical subject, not necessarily the nearest noun. Tense should fit the time being described; deliberate time changes are legitimate when clear. Check meaning before making every verb identical.
Keep agreement and tense consistent — worked practice
Subject–verb agreement follows the grammatical subject, not necessarily the nearest noun. Tense should fit the time being described; deliberate time changes are legitimate when clear. Check meaning before making every verb identical.
Formal practice draft: The list of materials are on the table. Yesterday, Nia check the list and packed the box.
Original practice material
Paste at A1.
| AMaterial | BSupplied text |
|---|---|
| Case | Formal practice draft: The list of materials are on the table. Yesterday, Nia check the list and packed the box. |
Copy as plain text
1. 1. Find subject
Locate the main subject of the first sentence.
You should see: The subject is list, singular; materials is within an of phrase.
2. 2. Agree
Repair the first finite verb.
You should see: The list of materials is on the table.
3. 3. Time
Repair the verbs for yesterday’s completed actions.
You should see: Nia checked the list and packed the box.
4. 4. Compare
Explain a valid time contrast.
You should see: Yesterday she checked; today she checks describes different stated times.
What to finish
An agreement/tense edit with subject and time annotations.
Watch for this
Consistency means verbs fit the intended times. A clear move from present routine to completed past practice is a legitimate time distinction.
How can I tell I understand it?
Repair a new sentence without letting a nearby plural noun or rigid tense rule control the edit.
Quick knowledge check
Answer all 3 questions. Get at least 2 right and the lesson completes automatically.
You’ll get an explanation for each answer. Signed in? Your results save to your account.
Pass the check. We’ll save the progress.
Answer all 3 questions above and get at least 2 right. You can review the explanations and try again.
Go to the knowledge checkTools, templates, and lesson sources
Tools and templates
Tools open in a new tab so you can keep your place here.
Sources and further reading
Explore the references behind this lesson.
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Web open/search showed the official page, its topic heading and relevant concept description. This is a content/source check, not a provider endorsement.
Access: Official page retrieved with the web reader on 2026-10-01; interactive tools and videos were not certified by retrieval.
Reuse: Original fictional teaching cases, calculations, questions and examples; link and short factual paraphrase only. No copied source exercises or illustrations.
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Web open/search showed the official page, its topic heading and relevant concept description. This is a content/source check, not a provider endorsement.
Access: Official page retrieved with the web reader on 2026-10-01; interactive tools and videos were not certified by retrieval.
Reuse: Original fictional teaching cases, calculations, questions and examples; link and short factual paraphrase only. No copied source exercises or illustrations.
Report a problem with this lesson
Tell us what went wrong. Please leave out personal information and private project contents.