Question

(1) Mariah and I went to the movies to see the latest Pixar film. (2) We buy popcorn and candy to share. (3) Then we realized that neither of us was hungry at all. Which sentence contains a shift in verb tense? Sentence 2 Sentence 3 Sentence 1 None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

Sentence 2.

Explanation:

A shift in the verb form is when the tense of the verb in the first sentence is different from the verb tense in the next. This change in the form of the verb is known as a shift in the verb tense.

Considering the given sentences, the verb in sentence 1 is "went", which is in the past tense. The verb "buy" in sentence 2 is in the present tense while sentence 3's verb "realized" is in the past tense.

So, the verb changed from past-present-past tense. Thus, the sentence 2 contains the shift in the verb tense.