Verb Tense and Voice

Question 9 • WI-English Language Arts 8 A

Which choice shows the same sentence properly written in past tense?

Answer

When I look into the small rectangle, I saw a face looking back at me but I don’t recognize it.

When I looked into the small rectangle, I see a face looked back at me but I didn’t recognize it.

When I looked into the small rectangle, I saw a face looking back at me but I didn’t recognize it.

When I look into the small rectangle, I saw a face looked back at me but I didn’t recognize it.

Explanation

A sentence in past tense should keep its main verbs in the past: “looked,” “saw,” and “didn’t recognize.” Choice C uses those forms consistently and keeps “looking” to describe what the face was doing. The other choices mix present and past tense or use “looked” where “looking” is needed.

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