He wants to close his weary eyes and have a trip to dreamland. He saw some homeless people sleeping in the moist, wet grounds, and he realized he couldn’t do that.
2007-06-07 14:17:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
no, first sentence is present tense. second sentence is past tense. please rephrase as follows:
present tense:
He wants to close his weary eyes and have? (take is better) a trip to dreamland. BUT WHEN he SEES some homeless people sleeping On the moist, wet ground, HE realizeS he couldn't do that.
past tense:
He wantED to close his weary eyes and have? (take is better) a trip to dreamland, BUT WHEN he saw some homeless people sleeping On the moist, wet ground, HE realized he couldn’t do that.
there, take your pick :D
2007-06-07 14:34:55 · answer #1 · answered by wat_more_can_i_say? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is worded awkwardly. If you asked, "Are the tenses of these sentences consistent?" then the answers provided by others that say NO- the first is present tense and the other is past tense would be accurate.
However if you are asking of each sentence maintains a single tense, the answer is yes. The first sentence maintains the present tense, and the second maintains the past tense.
2007-06-07 22:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by CrystalRT5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not.
The first sentence is in the present tense - "He wants" not "He wanted" which would be past tense. The second in the past tense - "He saw...he realized"
To make the second the same as the first it should read "He sees........and he realizes he can't do that"
2007-06-07 21:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋