give the correct form of the verb in each of the following sentence she has ate two bananas
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Explanation:
The given passage is narrating a story, so the actions that have happened are in the past.
Option A: 'Were now lying' is in the past continuous tense. It describes a continuous action that happened in the past. ('now' is an adverb and does not affect the tense)
It agrees to the sentence in tense as well as in meaning: the mama and baby tiger were lying down underneath a tree. Hence option A is correct.
Option B: 'Now lay' is not appropriate here. 'Lay' and 'lie' are two different verbs. The latter is to be used here.
'Lay' is a verb used when it has an object; it means 'to put something down carefully in a flat position', so it must have an object to put down: she lay the book on the table.
'Lie' means to place yourself on a flat surface, as in to rest or sleep.
Hence option B is incorrect.
Option C: 'Had now lain' is in the past perfect tense. It describes an action that completed in the past, before another action took place. But, there is no other action that takes place in relation to 'lying down', hence C is incorrect.
Option D: 'Are now lying' refers to present continuous, whereas the action happened in the past. So, option D is incorrect.