D. Summarize the text using the diagram below.

Writing 2: Verb Tense

When reviewing your essay, consider the following:

• The verb should agree with its subject.

Example: Computer programs is available that can teach certain subjects. (are)

The couple decide that jogging is the best way to get exercise. (decided)

• Be verbs are used as helping verbs only in the passive voice and the continuous tense.

Example: Their next door neighbor was known for his grumpiness. (passive)

They have been working on their research report for hours. (continuous)

• The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that occurred before another specific moment in the past.

Example: I had completed the assignment when the professor announced the extension.

• The subjunctive mood is used in that-clauses following these verbs and expressions: Verbs – suggest, recommend, insist, propose, advise, etc.

Expressions – it is important/essential/necessary/vital/critical, etc.

Example: The professor suggested that the student revise his paper.

It is essential that a student uses precise vocabulary when writing essays.

• In adverbial clauses and first conditionals, the present tense is used to signify probable future action,

Example: Before she asks the librarian, she will ask the man to lend her the book. If it rains, I will bring an umbrella.

• In second conditionals, the past tense is used to signify improbable future action.

Example: If I won the lottery, I would donate some of the money.

• The summary of the lecture or reading should be written in the present tense.

Example: The speaker supports the idea of mandatory school uniforms.

The speaker supported the idea of mandatory school uniforms.

• The same modal verbs can have their own past forms and "have (has) + past participle" depending on how they are used.

Example: The woman must use her red umbrella. The woman had to use her red umbrella. Those cannot be the correct results. Those cannot have been the correct results.

Exercise 1

Each of the following paragraphs has eight errors in verb forms. Find the errors and correct them.

1. I believing that universities should pay their teachers more money rather than spend so much on athletics because teachers should are encouraged to do a really good job of teaching. In my opinion, people feeling like they are more valuable in their jobs when they get paying more money. However, many teachers are not paid enough money. This can makes them feel like their hard work be not valued by the university, so they might not do as good a job. If they are paid more, they will doing a better job of teaching, and students will learning more.

2. Both the reading and the lecture discussing whether parents should interfering in children's playtime. The author stated that parents should have interfered in children's playtime because children have learned to stand up for themselves and need positive adult role models. The lecture, on the other hand, disagree by stating that parents should not to interfere when children played.

Exercise 2

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