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

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

cles 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

English

2 answers:

Rzqust [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-17T22:33:20+03:00

Rzqust [24]3 years ago

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<span>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</span>

galina1969 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-18T00:38:28+03:00

galina1969 [7]3 years ago

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Its D. Something's wriggling (Apex)