knight5910
knight5910
10.12.2019 • 
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Faaast plsss
when writing about a living person, writers use the simple present, the simple past, the present perfect, and the present perfect progressive to talk about different points in a person's life:

use the simple present or present progressive to describe a person's current situation.

use the simple past to describe actions that were completed at a specific time in the past.

use the present perfect to describe situations or actions that occured at unspecific times in the past or that continue into the present.

use the present perfect progressive to focus on the ongoing nature of something that began in the past.

read this example paragraph: (1)shakira isabel mebarak ripoll is a comlombian musician. she (2)recorded her first album at the age of 13, and since then she (3)has sold more albums than any other colombian recording artist in history. for the past few years, she (4)has been working with several charities, including an organization that she (5) create.

using the information above the example paragraph, explain which verb form is underlined in the example paragraph and why the author chose that form. you must answer both which verb and why to get full credit for each sentence. this question is worth 20 points! the first one is done for you:

(1) the verb to be is written in simple present because it describes shakira's curent situation as a musician. (i identified the verb tense and used the information provided to explain why the verb form was used).

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