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Verb tense

Verb tense

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Verb tense

- [Instructor] So on the GMAT, verb tense is most often tested in terms of consistency. In other words, it's not as much of a test of whether you know all the verb tenses, as it is a test of whether you can keep the verbs in a sentence consistent or parallel. So in this video we'll go over an example of how that might get tested. So, verb tense is mostly in terms of consistency, so if we apply that to this sentence, Excited to have reached the summit after a grueling climb, Jane had decided to take a video of the occasion. So if we look at the verb excited, it's not really in parallel with had decided, that's a different tense, and we don't have a good reason to switch here because this is just plain old past tense. So what would be better, if we just said, excited to have reached the summit after a grueling climb, Jane decided to take a video of the occasion. No need to complicate things. Keep things consistent in terms of tense unless there's a reason not to. So my tip is, read from…

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