Using the Same Verb Tense

When you are writing, you want to be clear. You want to write what you mean and that means staying within the time-frame you set for yourself. If you're writing about what's going on now (present tense) you need to try to keep all the verbs in the present tense. If you're writing about what happened yesterday, last week, last year, etc. (past) you need to try to keep all of the verbs in the past tense

Look at these sentences:

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We go to church on Sunday and then we drove around

Is this sentence written in the present tense - go or the past tense - drove?

This sentence is good:
We went to church on Sunday and then we drove around.
Past Tense

This sentence is also right:
We go to church and then we drive around.
Present Tense

So is this sentence:
We will go to church and then we will drive around.
Future Tense

Sometimes, you need to change tense for the sentence to make better sense. If you do, be careful to be really clear about past, present and future.

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