Practice with Tense Shifts*

1. The officers advised us against allowing anyone into our homes without proper identification. Also, alert neighbors to vacation schedules.

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2. Mother said that she would be late for dinner and please do not leave for choir practice until Dad comes home.

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3. My hopes rise and fall as Joseph's heart started and stopped. The doctors insert a large tube into his chest, and the blood flowed from the incision onto the floor.

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4. The police told us that the island was being evacuated because of the coming storm. Also, take the northern route to the mainland.

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5. The artist has often been seen as a threat to society, especially when they refuse to conform to conventional standards of taste.

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*These practice exercises are from Diana Hacker's The Bedford Handbook, 5th edition: Instructor's Annotated Edition. Bedford Books: Boston, 1998: 225-231.

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