Question

In terms of tense, the sentences "Katherine Rowe’s blue-haired avatar was flying across a grassy landscape", "Some students had already gathered online." and "On a square coffee table sat a short stack of original issues of the magazine..." are respectively in the a) present continuous, present perfect, simple past. b) past perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect. c) past continuous, past perfect, simple past. d) past continuous, simple past, simple present. e)all options are wrong

Answer 1

Resposta:

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Explicação:

Katherine Rowe’s blue-haired avatar was flying across a grassy landscape. (O avatar de cabelo azul da Katherine Rowe estava voando sobre um terreno gramado.)

O verbo da frase é was flying (estava voando), e apresenta a seguinte estrutura:

verbo to be conjugado no Simple Past (was) + verbo principal (to fly) conjugado no gerúndio (flying)

Essa estrutura corresponde ao Past Continuous (Passado Contínuo), também chamado de Past Progressive.

Some students had already gathered online. (Alguns alunos já se reuniram online.)

O verbo da frase é had gathered (reuniram-se), e apresenta a seguinte estrutura:

verbo to have conjugado no Simple Past (had) + verbo principal (to gather) conjugado no Past Participle (gathered)

Essa estrutura corresponde ao Past Perfect (Presente Perfeito).

On a square coffee table sat a short stack of original issues of the magazine… (Em uma mesa quadrada de café, coube uma pequena pilha de assuntos originais da revista...)

O verbo da frase é sat (coube). Sat é a conjugação de Simple Past (Passado Simples) do verbo to sit que, nesse contexto, significa “caber”; com a ideia de “comportar”.

Ou Seja:

c)  past continuous, past perfect, simple past.

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