Question

The following sentence is in what tense? Laura has gone to the local food bank.

Answer 1

It is in past tense. gone is what gives it away.

Answer 2

The sentence Laura has gone to the local food bank, is in present perfect tense because of the verb in the sentence that "has gone". The present perfect tense of a verb shows that an action is completed in the past or that it may also still extends in the present.