Question

Tense is defined as that form of a ________ which expresses the _____ and _____ of an action or event.

• A. verb, person, number
• B. verb, time, position
• C. verb, time, state
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C verb, time, state

Let us look at an example.

He is working.

The above-mentioned sentence is in the present continuous tense because we see that the verb 'working' is in the continuous form and 'is' is the third person singular present of 'be'. This particular tense is used to talk about something that is happening at the moment of speaking. Hence clearly a tense is that form of a verb that expresses time and state of an action or an event making option C the correct answer.

Options A and B are incorrect because the tense of a sentence does not express the person, number or position of an action or an event. (Refer to the example given to get a better understanding.)

Option D is incorrect because we've already chosen the correct answer.