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5. Read the incorrect sentence and then complete the sentence that follows to explain why its

use of verb tense is incorrect.
Incorrect sentence: When Anton plays football, he tackled harder than anyone else on
the team
This sentence's use of verb tense is incorrect because
is present tense, but
is past tense

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Step-by-step explanation:

Incorrect sentence: When Anton plays football, he tackled harder than anyone else on

the team

This sentence's use of verb tense is incorrect because the first verb is in present tense but the second one in past tense.

A time-related activity can be added to a main clause with a connective preposition¹ such as before, after, when, or while. When the verb in the main clause is present tense, the verb in the clause following the preposition reflects the same time frame—present tense.

so here, it should have had been tackles instead of tackled.

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“plays” is present tense but tackled is past tense,
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