Question

2. The novel was published in 1952. (Pick out the verb and state its tense)​

Answer 1

Published is Verb and its past tense

Answer 2

Solution

'The novel was published in 1952.' Here, we can see that 'published' is the verb and the tense of the verb, 'published' is past tense.

Verb

A verb indicates action, state of being or occurrence. In the sentence, 'published' is considered as verb, since the novel published is an action.

Past Tense

An event which had occurred in the past time is called as past tense. 'Published' : Past tense since the novel was published in 1952, which had occured during the past time. Let's change the tense of the verb, 'published'

• Past Tense: Published
• Present Tense = Publish
• Future Tense = Will publish