Question

But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow. . . . Then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me and then another.

H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898

Answer 1

Which verb tense does Wells use in this passage?
A. Perfect tense
B. Future tense
C. Present tense
D. Past tense

Answer 2

i think a or D

Answer 3

it is D