What are the tense forms used in the paragraph?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
(From The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)

Simple past tense

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Past continuous tense

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Simple present tense and simple past tense

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Simple past tense and past progressive tense

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The correct option is D
Simple past tense and past progressive tense

The tenses used in the passage are the simple past tense and the past progressive tense.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

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The correct option is D Simple past tense and past progressive tense The tenses used in the passage are the simple past tense and the past progressive tense.

The correct option is D
Simple past tense and past progressive tense

The tenses used in the passage are the simple past tense and the past progressive tense.