English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 11

In each passage, one verb must be changed so that it agrees in tense with the other verbs. Cross out the incorrect verb and write the correct form above each crossed out verb.
EXAMPLE. I
Kareem wanted to be someplace else when the dentist
in a long needle.
1. I listened to music and surfed the Internet before I decide to do some homework.
2. The hitchhiker stopped me as I walks from the turnpike rest station and said, "Are you on your way to San Jose "
3. Some students attend all their classes in school and listen carefully during lectures, but they don't take notes. As a result, they often failed tests.
4. His parents stayed together for his sake; only after he graduates from college did they get divorced.
5. In the movie, artillery shells exploded on the hide of the reptile monster. The creature just grinned, tosses off the shells, and kept eating people.
6. Several months a year, monarch butterflies come to live in a spot along the California coast. Thousands and thousands of them hang from the trees and fluttered through the air in large groups.
7. After waking up each morning, Harry stays in bed for a while. First he stretches and yawned loudly, and then he plans his day.
8. The salespeople at Biggs's Department Store are very helpful. When people asked for a product the store doesn't carry or is out of, the salesperson recommends another store.
9. Part-time workers at the company are the first to be laid off. They are also paid less, and they received no union representation.
10. Smashed cars, ambulances, and police cars blocked traffic on one side of the highway. On the other side, traffic slows down as drivers looked to see what had happened.