Question

The sun was now ascending the sky change in simple past tense

Answer 1

Answer:

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Here you go -

Here you go - Rule of Present perfect continuous tense - has / have + been + verb + ing

Thus,

The sun has been ascending in the sky.

The sentence remains Present and the verb is in the form of ing. Been is added.

Hope it helps

Answer 2

Still they took no notice of him