An Excersie in Tense

Version 1

The summer was the best time to play. It was always hot out and we, my neighbor Andy who was two years older than I, could go outside and play in my sandbox in the back yard or in the trees across the street or in the creek in the back yard. It was always fun playing in the creek in the back yard because you could do so much in it. When it was especially full of crawdads, we would go to the grocery store and buy a piece of liver. After we came back from the store we would find a piece of kite string and fish for crawdads.

Version 2

The summer is the best time to play. It’s hot out and me and Andy, who is two years older than me and lives next to me, go outside and play in my sandbox in the back yard or in the trees across the street or in the creek in the back yard. It’s always fun playing in the creek in the back yard because we can do so much in it. When the crick is very full of crawdads, we go to the grocery store and buy a piece of liver. After we get back from the store we find a piece of kite string and tie the liver to the string and sit on the street tunnel and fish for crawdads.