Question

The text below contains 3 verb tense errors. Correct them.

You had certain rights and responsibilities if you’re a tenant in privately rented property. You have the right to:

live in a property that’s safe and in a good state of repair
have your deposit returned when the tenancy ends
challenge excessively high charges
knew who your landlord is
live in the property undisturbed
be protected from unfair eviction and unfair rent

If you do not know who your landlord was, write to the person or company you pay rent to. Your landlord can be fined if they do not give you this information within 21 days.

Answer 1

The three verb tense errors are the verbs "had", "knew", and "was", since they are used in the simple past when the rest of the verbs is used in the present.

Consistency in verb tense use

When writing a text, we must be consistent in our use of verb tenses. The text that we are analyzing here is about the rights one has when it comes to renting a house or apartment. Since those rights are valid in the present, it is better to use the simple present as the predominant verb tense.

However, there are three moments in the text where the writer sort of slips up and uses the simple past:

• You had certain rights...

• knew who your landlord is

• who your landlord was

Those are the three errors in the text. To correct them, we should use the simple present version of those verbs:

• have

• know

• is

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