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1. Choose the correct answer. Are the verb tenses in this sentence consistent, or do they shift unnecessarily? By the time we got to Austin, the puppy falls asleep in the back of the van. (Points : 1) Verb tenses are consistent. Verb tenses shift.

Sagot :

The verb tenses shifted. It should be:
By the time we got to Austin, the puppy had fallen asleep in the back of the van.
They shifted wrongly. It was correct to use Past Tense Simple in the first sentence and Past Perfect in the second.