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My grandpa (I wonder if the tense is correctly used) Thanks My grandpa is a good chef. He lives in Japan. I wish he could come to visit every day because he tells good stories and makes his favorite dinner. I ask my mom to make the chicken that Grandpa makes. My mom says, “I will try ,but on one makes it as well as Grandpa does." I watch my mon prepare the chicken. It looks tasty. When the chicken is finished cooking, my family sits down to eat. My mon was right. No one makes the chicken as well Grandpa . The next time my gramdpa comes to visit, I tell him the story about my mon trying to make chicken. My grandpa syas, “That is a great story.” Then he teaches my mon and me how to make chicken.

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My grandpa (I wonder if the tense is correctly used) Thanks

My grandpa is a good chef. He lives in Japan. I wish he could come to visit every day because he tells good stories and makes his favorite dinner. I ask my mom to make the chicken that Grandpa makes. My mom says, “I will try ,but on one no-one makes it as well as Grandpa does." I watch my mon mom prepare the chicken. It looks tasty. When the chicken is finished cooking, my family sits down to eat. My mon mom was right. No one makes the chicken as well  as Grandpa does. The next time my gramdpa grandpa comes to visit, I tell him the story about my mon mom trying to make chicken. My grandpa syas says, “That is a great story.” Then he teaches my mon mom and me how to make chicken.

[Very well written and no problems with tense that I could see -- is there anything you were particularly worried about?]


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My grandpa (I wonder if the tense is correctly used) Thanks

My grandpa is a good chef. He lives in Japan. I wish he could come to visit every day because he tells good stories and makes his favorite dinner.  I ask my mom to make the chicken that Grandpa makes.  My mom says, “I will try, but no one makes it as well as Grandpa does."  I watch my mom prepare the chicken. It looks tasty!  When the chicken has finished cooking,  my family sits down to eat. My mom was right: no one makes the chicken as well as Grandpa. The next time Grandpa comes to visit, I tell him the story about my mom trying to make chicken.  My grandpa says: “That is a great story!”  Then he teaches my mom and me how to make the chicken.


Hi Ppman. To answer your question regarding tense, it depends on which tense you decide to use.  Some literary text is written in current tense, as you have done for this piece. E.g. "I ASK my mom to make the chicken..."  Written in past tense you would say 'I ASKED my mom to make the chicken..."


Written in past tense your piece would look like this: 

My grandpa is a good chef. He lives in Japan. I wish he could come to visit every day because he tells good stories and makes his favorite dinner.  I ASKED my mom to make the chicken that Grandpa makes.  My mom SAID, “I will try, but no one makes it as well as Grandpa does."  I WATCHED my mom prepare the chicken. It LOOKED tasty!  When the chicken HAD finished cooking, my family SAT down to eat.  My mom was right: no one makes the chicken as well as Grandpa. The next time Grandpa CAME to visit, I TOLD him the story about my mom trying to make chicken.  My grandpa SAID: “That is a great story!”  Then he TAUGHT my mom and me how to make the chicken.

The choice of whether to use past or present tense is really just a  matter of taste in this situation.  Using present tense is usually reserved for story-telling only, but you must make sure that you don't mix the tenses up. 

If you are writing in past tense you would still say 'My grandpa IS a good chef' and 'LIVES in Japan' because both are currently true. He IS a good chef (in your opinion) and he DOES live in Japan. But when you are re-telling the story you'll still refer to past events in the past tense (if you are writing in past-tense).  


I hope this is helpful. 

Nicola 

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