Asked by berlanda
Read the sentences.
Akira sewed one button back on his jacket. Then, another one falls off when he put it on to go outside.
Which correction of the underlined verb fixes the inappropriate shift in tense in the second sentence?
will fall
has fallen
fell
had fallen
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fell
Explanation: The first sentence is in simple past ("sewed"), so the second should be in simple past too. "Falls" shifts to present; "fell" keeps the past-tense sequence.
Explanation: The first sentence is in simple past ("sewed"), so the second should be in simple past too. "Falls" shifts to present; "fell" keeps the past-tense sequence.
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