Question

(1) In ancient Egypt, scribes, or writers, were important. (2) They wrote personal letters and official documents. (3) Scribes provided the hieroglyphics on tombs. (4) The scribes are mostly males from the middle or upper classes. Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in verb tense?

A.Sentence 1
B.Sentence 2
C.Sentence 3
D.Sentence 4

Answer 1

Sentence 4.

Explanation: All of them are in past tense, except for sentence 4. A paragraph should have consistent verb tense.