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What is the function of the past tense in grammar?
What is the function of the past tense in grammar?
- To indicate a continuous or repetitive event
- To place an action or situation in the past (correct)
- To indicate an action that will happen
- To place an action or situation in the future
What is a compound past tense?
What is a compound past tense?
- A past tense that uses 'yesterday' or 'last week' to indicate the past
- A past tense that indicates continuous or repetitive events
- A past tense that uses auxiliary verbs (correct)
- A past tense that indicates an action in the future
What does an imperfect tense express?
What does an imperfect tense express?
- Continuous or repetitive events or actions (correct)
- An action that will take place in the future
- An action that uses auxiliary verbs
- An action that took place in the past
How do some languages indicate the past tense?
How do some languages indicate the past tense?
What additional information can a past tense form express in some languages?
What additional information can a past tense form express in some languages?
The past tense is used to place an action or situation in the future.
The past tense is used to place an action or situation in the future.
All languages have a past tense.
All languages have a past tense.
Some languages use auxiliary verbs to form the compound past tense.
Some languages use auxiliary verbs to form the compound past tense.
Inflected languages change the ending of the verb to indicate the past tense.
Inflected languages change the ending of the verb to indicate the past tense.
The imperfect tense expresses continuous or repetitive events or actions.
The imperfect tense expresses continuous or repetitive events or actions.
The past tense is used to place an action or situation in the past.
The past tense is used to place an action or situation in the past.
The imperfect tense expresses continuous or repetitive events or actions.
The imperfect tense expresses continuous or repetitive events or actions.
Inflected languages change the ending of the verb to indicate the past tense.
Inflected languages change the ending of the verb to indicate the past tense.
Some languages use auxiliary verbs to form the compound past tense.
Some languages use auxiliary verbs to form the compound past tense.
All languages have a past tense.
All languages have a past tense.
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