Which verbs are most appropriate to use in an essay written in the past tense? Choose three correct answers.

Past-tense verbs describe actions or states that happened in the past. “Insisted,” “thought,” and “wrote” are past-tense forms. “Explains” and “argues” are present-tense forms, so they are not the best choices for an essay written in the past tense.

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