[Grammar] loved sewing and frequently helped

[Oceanlike]

- Gradually, I realized that I loved sewing and frequently helped my aunt sew clothes.

Please correct my mistakes in the sentence. Also, is it correct to use "and" in the sentence?

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't like your sentence, partly because it should be "love", not "loved". Also, the word order suggests that you gradually realised that you frequently helped your aunt.

I gradually realised that I love sewing and now I frequently help my aunt make clothes.

 

[Oceanlike]

I don't like your sentence, partly because it should be "love", not "loved". Also, the word order suggests that you gradually realised that you frequently helped your aunt.

I gradually realised that I love sewing and now I frequently help my aunt make clothes.

1) I'm writing a piece of narrative. So, I can use "I gradually realised (past tense) that I love (present tense)"?

2) I wanted to say that the realisation of "love sewing" and "frequently help" my aunt happened at the same time.
- Can I leave out 'now' from 'now I frequently help.....'

3) As it is more like a personal recount type of writing, should I write everything in the past tense?

4) "Gradually, I realized that sewing is my passion" - do I use "is" my passion or 'was" my passion? (In the context that I'm trying to write a personal recount type of writing.

 

[teechar]

Is the whole thing in the past?

 

[Oceanlike]

I don't know how to answer this question because some are in the present and some are in the past.

Eg: "Gradually, I realized that sewing is my passion" - Sewing is still my passion so I think I should write in present tense
Eg: "Gradually, I realized that I loved sewing and frequently helped my aunt sew clothes." - I still love sewing but no longer helping my aunt; in this case, do I still use present tense "love" or should I use "loved" and "helped" should be in past tense since I am no longer helping my aunt.

 

[teechar]

Reread the advice given by emsr2d2 in post #2.