Question

Read the paragraph. Find the sentence that contains an incorrect shift in tense. (1) The blizzard swept into the mountain town of Presley unexpectedly one November morning. (2) People were shocked to see their houses, streets, and cars overflowing with snow. (3) No one warns them of the upcoming storm, and no one prepares them for the amount of snow they got. (4) The citizens of Presley put on brave faces and endured many more days of snow. (5) After all, they had been through many storms before. A. sentence 3 B. sentence 2 C. sentence 1 D. sentence 4

Answer 1

Answer: A Sentence 3: No one warns them of the upcoming storm, and no one prepares them for the amount of snow they got.

Explanation: Sentence three is the sentence which contains a shift in tense because while the other sentences contains past tense verbs, only sentence three contains present tense verbs such as the verbs "warns" and "prepares".