Question

They had visited the pyramids in the Valley of the Kings.

Identify the tense of the underlined verb in the sentence.


A) past emphatic

B) basic past

C) past perfect

D) past progressive

Answer 1

The underlined word must be had visited so the answer would be C, Past perfect tense. 

Answer 2

Answer: The tense of the verb "had visited" is C) past perfect.

Explanation: The Past Perfect Tense is used to refer to an past event or situation that took place and was completed before another past action. This tense gives writers/speakers the possibility of showing a clear sequence of events. Moreover, the Past Perfect Tense is formed with the past tense of the verb "have", which is "had", and the past participle of the main verb. The tense of "had visited" is Past Perfect because it has been formed with "had" + the past participle of the verb "visit", which is "visited".