Question

Which answer corrects the shift in verb tense in the sentence?

Answer 1

The answer that corrects the shift in the verb tense in the given sentence above is: Matt saw the lost cat, and he looked for its owner. The correct answer is option C. In the first clause, the verb used is in the past form; therefore, it should also be a verb with the past form that should be used in the next clause. Both of these actions happened in the past.