identify the tense:
1.He had been writing for an hour when she finally arrived.
2. We lived in Chicago for a year.
3. She has been to Paris
Answers
Answer:
1. Past perfect continuous
2. Simple past
3. Present perfect
CONCEPT:Tense is defined as the form of verb that gives relation between time and action. Time is the duration of work and action is the work done.
GIVEN:
1.He had been writing for an hour when she finally arrived.
2. We lived in Chicago for a year.
3. She has been to Paris
FIND:Identify the tense
SOLUTION:1.Past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that began in the past and is continued upto a certain point of time in the past.
2.Simple past is used to indicate an action that happened in the past and to report completed action.
3.present perfect is used to express an action that has recently been completed.
Hence the tense of question number one is past perfect continuous, second question is simple past and third question is present perfect tense.
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