Question

Good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They look like tentacles to me.

-Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, 1938


What evidence from the text leads you to believe that the passage uses the present tense?

A.another one
B.gray snake
C.good heavens
D.something's wriggling

Answer 1

D. something's wriggling

Present tense involves nouns used as an action is happening. Here, "something's" can be changed to "something is". "Is" is a present tense verb

Answer 2

Evidence from the text leads you to believe that the passage uses the present tense as "something's wriggling". Thus the correct answer is D.

What is the evidence?

Evidence refers to proof or factual information which defines the credibility of the event and whether the event is true or not. It defines the validity of the event.

The evidence from the text leads us to believe that the passage uses the present tense as "something's wriggling" which symbolizes "something is wriggling". The verb "is" is used in the present tense.

Therefore, option D is appropriate.

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