Question

Which revisions fix the inappropriate shift in tense in the sentence? Janelle walks into the house and found a package. Select each correct answer. Janelle walks into the house and finds a package. Janelle walked into the house and found a package. Janelle walked into the house and had found a package. Janelle is walking into the house and found a package.

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Explanation:

Based on the different options listed in the question only two of these are actually grammatically correct and match the tense in which it was intended. These two sentences are the following...

"Janelle walks into the house and finds a package." - In this sentence, it is all taking place in the present tense. Janelle is currently walking into the house and as soon as she does she finds the package.

"Janelle walked into the house and found a package." - In this sentence, it is taking place in the past tense. Janelle already walked into the house and at that moment found the package.

These are the only two sentences that are correct.