Question

Select the choice that contains no shifts in either verb tense or point of view. A. The marigolds were blossoming just as a sudden hailstorm had been destroying all of my annual flowers. B. No sooner had the marigolds blossomed than a sudden hailstorm destroyed all of my annual flowers. C. A sudden hailstorm was destroying my annual flowers when the marigolds blossomed.

Answer 1

The choice that contains no shifts in either verb tense or point of view is:

B. No sooner had the marigolds blossomed than a sudden hailstorm destroyed all of my annual flowers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sentence B is in the past perfect tense, and is told in the third person point of view. A story in the third person point of view can be narrated with the use of "he," "she," "they," and "it". The marigolds can be replaced with "they" and “a sudden hailstorm” can be replaced with "it" in the sentence. Importantly, when a story is narrated in the third person point of view, the author or narrator talks about the characters by referring to them by their names or the usage of the third person pronouns mentioned above.