Directions: Write out the paragraph with the verbs all in one, consistent tense. Highlight or underline each verb you correct.
Charles Dickens was a nineteenth century author whose work is well known today. One of the reasons Dickens reamined so popular is that so many of his stories are avaliable not only as books but also as movies, plays, and television productions. We all knew from our childhood the famous story of Uncle Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Often we saw a television version of A Christmas Carol at holiday time. If you have never read the story of Oliver Twist in book form, you might have seen the musical Oliver! Also, there was a movie version of Great Expectations. Many students still studied A Tale of Two Cities in high school. No matter how many adaptations of Dicken's books they see, people seem to agree that there was no substitute for the books themselves. At first, the vocabulary seemed difficult, but if you concentrate on the story and read a chapter or two every day, you will find yourself not only comprehending these wonderful stories but also loving the richness of Dicken's use of language.
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