Question

To the astronomers of the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on natural philosophy _____ Aristotle and Ptolemy, since both _____ frameworks that explained the whole universe. A) had been / created B) are / have created C) were / had created D) have been / create E) may have been / were creating

Answer 1

Answer:

are

had created

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Answer 2

Option C. To the astronomers of the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on natural philosophy were Aristotle and Ptolemy since both had created frameworks that explained the whole universe.

This sentence is in the past tense (were) and past perfect form of tense (had created).

1. The simple past tense also named a preterite, is generally used to speak about an action that is already completed in a time before the current period.

2. The past perfect tense also named a pluperfect, is a verb form of tense that is used to speak about those actions that were finished before some point in the past time.

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