Question

Q78. Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “Someone picked my pocket.”

i.Present indefinite tense

ii.Past indefinite tense

iii.Past perfect tense

iv.Present perfect tense​

Answer 1

Answer:

past Simple Past is correct

Answer 2

The right tense for the given sentence is option ii: Past indefinite tense.

• The time a given activity is undertaken is determined by the tenses in the sentence. It might be something that happened in the past, is occurring now, or will happen in the future.
• However, there are distinct guidelines for composing sentences in various sorts of tense forms.
• The tense in the sentence indicates that an action has already taken place because it states that a person's pocket has been stolen before he realizes it, which is simple past tense because the word "pick" (verb) ends in 'ed.'
• However, the indefinite tense indicates that one is unsure about the exact timing of the event or the particular person who carried out the activity.
• Because a person doesn't know who took the pocket the indefinite pronoun "someone" is used in the sentence.
• As a result, the right response is past indefinite tense.