Question

She suffered because of her shabby house. (Identify the tense)​

Answer 1

Answer:

simple past tense (suffered)

Answer 2

The tense of the given sentence is - Simple past tense.

• The pattern of the given sentence is -

Subject + V2 + (Rest of the part)

• Now, the above mentioned pattern is same as the general pattern of a sentence (positive) with simple past tense. (ie. suffered is the V2 form of the verb suffer)
• That's why, we can come to a conclusion that the tense of the given sentence is definitely simple past tense.