Which sentence keeps the same tense throughout?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. She opened the door and saw a dark corridor.
- Step 1: The tense should stay the same unless the time changes.
- Step 2: 'She opened the door and saw a dark corridor' keeps the past tense.
Answer
She opened the door and saw a dark corridor.
Why not the others: She opened the door and sees a dark corridor.: This switches from past to present. She opens the door and saw a dark corridor.: This switches from present to past. She opened the door and seeing a dark corridor.: The verb form is incomplete in tense.
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