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identify the tense of the verb in the following sentence. they had contained the forest fire by sunset. a. past perfect b. present perfect c. present d. future
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identify the tense of the verb in the following sentence. they had contained the forest fire by sunset. a. past perfect b. present perfect c. present d. future

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A. past perfect

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They had contained the forest fire by sunset. Hence the had = PAST

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The verb being used in the given sentence above is the word "had contained". The tense of this verb is past perfect. Therefore, the correct answer would be option A. When a verb is in the past perfect, this indicates that the action has been completed some time in the past. 
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