he failed to appear at a conference (pick out the verb and state the tense )
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Answer:
option she is the correct answer because a statement is clearly made in the present tense hands it is correct the use and care as it is past tense of enters were discussing his past tense of discuss broken is pastor break and invite is past tense of invite we can tell it is in past tense because the speaker is taking indirect speech once a is incorrect because present form of a word are used only if it is in the present or if it is in the device which has incorrect option B is incorrect because broken is the way we talking about the particle thing in the past it would be correct if it was that discuss was broken off option d is incorrect for the same reason as optional a
Learning the basics of forming a verb tense is usually easy, and so is using that tense by itself. However, when the tenses are mixed together in grammar or writing, there can be a lot of confusion.
Here are some tips to remember:
1. Look for the use of time words. A chart is given below.
2. Remember the purpose(s) of each tense.
3. Look at the context. There may not be any time words in the sentence, but the surrounding sentences will give a clue as to what should come next.
Tense
Time words
Examples
Simple present
Every day, month, week, year; always; sometimes; never; frequently
George jogs three miles every day.
Mary always has salad for lunch.
I sometimes go to New York City.
Simple past
Yesterday; # years, weeks, months, days, hours ago; in (past year); last (month, week, year)
Tom went to Los Angeles yesterday.
Charles Lindbergh flew to Paris in 1927.
Simple future
Tomorrow; in (future year, month, week); on (future day); next (month, week, year, name of day); # days, months, weeks, years from now; this month, week, afternoon, year; someday
Mary will go to Hawaii in two weeks.
Ed will drive to Toronto next Saturday.
George will paint his house six days from now.
Present Progressive
Now; right now; at this moment
You are reading sentences about verb tenses right now.
Many students are taking calculus this semester.
Future progressive
At this time tomorrow
At this time tomorrow, I will be cleaning my house.
Present Perfect
For; since; yet; never; always; so far; # times; many times; lately; recently; already
Sam has visited Hawaii many times.
Paul has been here for six hours.
Yoko has known Mary since 1994.
I have already written a letter to the president.
Present perfect progressive
For; since; lately; recently
Rita has been jogging for two hours.