ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos


Verb Tense Videos 9 videos

TSI Writing: Selecting the Correct Verb Tense
9 Views

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.Whenever I thin...

TSI Writing: We Eat Verb Tenses (Not Cake) for Breakfast
3 Views

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.Marie de France...

TSI Writing: Using the Future Perfect Tense of a Verb
2 Views

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.Is it certain t...

See All

TSI Writing: Choosing the Right Past Tense Verb 2 Views


Share It!


Description:

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

If they wait until fall to buy a new house, they would have saved over five thousand dollars.


Transcript

00:02

Okay sy reading shmoop offers another section here Tense verbs

00:05

We're going to try to get them do a de

00:07

stress here a little bit So it diverted in the

00:09

first sentence Here we go If they wait until fall

00:12

to buy a new house they would have saved over

00:15

five thousand dollars Okay something's wrong here right If they

00:19

wait until then they would have we got a conditional

00:23

thing Maria that's A problem Okay so well the second

00:26

half of the sentence tells us that these homeowners didn't

00:29

actually wait to buy their house They just jumped right

00:32

in and they lost out on some major savings because

00:35

of it Yeah Ouch Patients in virtue and all that

00:39

Well we want the option that shows the homeowners already

00:41

bought their home So d is the right answer Had

00:45

they waited until fall to buy a new house well

00:48

then it would have saved over five grand right If

00:50

the verb weight is in the present tense like it

00:53

is in a well it won't work with the would

00:55

have saved thing which indicates an action That's already been

00:59

completed Additional That makes a simple past tense of the

01:02

verb was delayed a tense shift as well but just

01:06

chilled Era was delayed Finally would of makes us wanna

01:10

back quietly away from this dream home This is nonstandard

01:13

english not even in rap albums It's also known is

01:17

completely wrong and please never use it again So the 00:01:19.445 --> [endTime] answer is day and we are shmoop Oh

Related Videos

TSI Writing: Revising a Letter by Adding Transitions
147 Views

Which is the best way to revise and combine sentences 1 and 2?

TSI Writing: Adding a New Sentence to Improve a Letter's Structure
27 Views

Where would the following sentence best be placed?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Best Introductory Transition
18 Views

Which of the following is best to insert at the beginning of sentence 8?

TSI Writing: Shifting a Letter's Structure to Improve the Organzational Flow
8 Views

Which is the best location for sentence 9?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Most Effective Sentence Structure
15 Views

Which of the following sentences is best to insert between sentences 11 and 12?