Question

the speeding car hit the bus (state the tense and reason​

Answer 1

The given sentence is the past tense.

Explanation:

• In present tense "s" or "es" is added with the singular nouns whereas in the future tense will or shall are used as helping verbs.

• The past tense is used to narrate an already happened action in a time before now.

• The time of the action happened can be in near past or distant past, but it does not matter how long the action lasted.