Verb Tense & ConsistencyHESI A2 cheat sheet

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The Tenses

Simple past, present, future
Perfect: has/have, had, will have + past participle

Consistency

Do not shift tense without a reason — the most common error tested

Irregular Verbs

go/went/gone
see/saw/seen
write/wrote/written
lie/lay/lain

Lie Vs Lay

Lie = recline, no object. Lay = place something, needs an object

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Which sentence keeps a consistent verb tense?

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