A draft reads: "Reyes surveyed 120 learners in 2019. She finds that most of them studied after midnight." Which edit fixes the tense slip?

A draft reads: "Dela Cruz measured water quality in three creeks. She collects samples every Monday for six weeks." What is wrong with the second sentence?

Which sentence reports an invented study's method in the settled tense a research report uses?

A paragraph reads: "Lim studied screen time among Grade 10 learners. The data showed longer evening use. She then reports a link with late bedtimes." Which sentence breaks the tense pattern?

A report reads: "Ocampo surveyed 90 commuters in 2021. Traffic in the city is still heavy today." Is the shift from past to present an error?

A report reads: "Santos recorded canteen sales for one term. She then writes the totals on a chart." Is the shift from past to present correct here?

"Villamor tested six beach sites for plastic waste in 2018. Plastic waste remains a problem on that coast." Why is the present tense correct in the second sentence?

Each draft below shifts tense. Which shift is a genuine error?

Each draft below shifts tense. Which shift is CORRECT because the time really changed?

A draft reads: "Garcia observed twenty classes in June. The teachers used group work often. Learners today prefer it." Which tense choice is correct because the time changed?

Which sentence pair keeps tense consistent without any shift?

A literature review reads: "Mendoza (2020) argued that noise harms reading. Lopez (2021) disagrees with that claim." What is the tense problem?

A review reports one source as "Salazar found" and the next as "Uy finds". Which repair keeps the reporting tense settled?

In an invented report, which sentence correctly uses present tense for a finding that still holds?

A draft reads: "Ramos measured room temperature in eight classrooms. Heat builds up after 1 p.m. in that building." Which verb reports what the study did?

Which version of an invented method sentence keeps one tense throughout?

A draft reads: "Fernandez compared two reading programs. Learners in both groups improve their scores." Which edit best fixes the shift?

Which sentence about an invented study shifts tense for no reason?

A results paragraph reads: "Half of the learners walked to school. A third rides a tricycle. The rest took a jeepney." Which verb breaks the pattern?

An invented report's aim sentence reads: "This study examined commuting time and its link to lateness." Which sentence continues it in the same tense?

Why do research reports settle on one tense for describing what a study did?

Tense that stays the same across a whole report, like a term or a unit that stays the same, is part of which quality?

A draft reads: "Torres reviewed ten articles on canteen nutrition. Most of them recommend more vegetables." A reader calls the shift an error. Is the reader right?

A draft reads: "Torres reviewed ten articles. She then summarizes each one on a card." Is the shift here an error?

Which sentence keeps the past tense correctly for an invented study and adds no wrong shift?

A report reads: "Data collection ran from June to August. The results appear in Table 2." Why is "appear" acceptable?

A draft reads: "Castro tracked part-time work and grades for one semester. Students who worked late nights scored lower." Which describes the tense use?

In an invented report, which sentence should stay in the past tense?

A draft reads: "Diaz observed the flooded street in 2017. The street floods every rainy season." Which choice best explains the two tenses?

A method paragraph reads: "Surveys were given in class. Answers were checked twice. Totals are entered by hand." Which repair fixes the last sentence?

Which sentence about an invented finding is written in a tense a report can keep for what still holds true?

A draft reads: "Alonzo studied reading habits in 2016 and finds that few learners borrowed books." Which single change repairs the sentence?

A report reads: "Cabral asked 200 families about water storage. Many still store water in open drums." Which tense choice is correct because the time changed?

A report reads: "Cabral asked 200 families about water storage. She visits each barangay hall first." Which tense choice is a genuine error?

Which pair of sentences would a research report keep exactly as written?

A tense shift inside a research report is always an error, even when the time frame changes.

A finding stated as a condition that still holds may be written in the present tense, as long as the report treats such findings the same way throughout.

A draft reads: "Two researchers coded the answers. A third checks the coding. Agreement was high." Which edit makes the three sentences agree in tense?

A learner edits every present-tense verb in a report to past tense, including "Table 3 shows the totals." What is the problem?

A report reads: "Bernardo tested three filters in 2015. Cheaper filters clogged sooner. Schools now buy the sturdier type." How many of the three tenses are wrong?