Question

We were listening to the radio all evening. Identify the tense of the sentence.

Answer 1

Answer:

past perfect

Explanation:

According to syntax of past perfect it is:

Subject + was/we're +verb 3 Rd form

so it is past perfect

Answer 2

The tense of the sentence "We were listening to the radio all evening" is Past Continuous Tense.

Tenses-

• The tense of the sentence can be easily identified by looking at the verb of that sentence. The verb form gives a clear idea and hints about the tense.
• First, we look out for the main verb along with the helping verb.
• Here, it is "were listening", where 'listening' is the main verb and the helping verb in the sentence will be 'were'.
• According to the rules of tenses, the helping verb 'were' is used for past tense. Thus, the sentence is in the past tense.
• However, we notice that the main verb has 'ing' in it, which makes the verb continuous in nature.
• So the 'ing' form verbs are said to be in the continuous tense.
• Overall, the tense of the sentence will be Past Continuous.

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