2. Verb Tense Consistency

Why Do People Make This Mistake? Switching tenses happens when people describe different events and lose track of the timeline. This is common when writing under time pressure, such as in the TOEIC exam.

Interactive Quiz Questions:

1. Yesterday, she _____ (write/wrote) the report and _____ (send/sent) it to the team.

2. The company _____ (launch/launched) a new product last week.

3. While I _____ (work/was working), my phone _____ (ring/rang).

4. By the time we arrived, the meeting _____ (start/had started).

5. Next year, we _____ (open/will open) a new branch.

6. The project _____ (was/will be) completed before the deadline.

7. He _____ (call/called) me after he _____ (receive/received) the email.

8. She _____ (study/studied) hard, so she _____ (pass/passed) the test.

9. If we _____ (implement/will implement) this strategy, profits will increase.

10. They _____ (finish/have finished) the task an hour ago.