An English question?

Question

Mr.Smith told his students that Edison -- the electric light.
A.invents B.invented
choose A or B?
And why?

Answer 1

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B.invented because, of the word told.It is in plural form

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Answer 2

B. invented.

Because this happened in past, so you should use the past tense "invented"

Answer 3

B - Edison invented (past tense) the light bulb a long, long time ago.

If the answer were A "invents" the light bulb it would change the meaning to present or future tense. That it's happening now or going to happen.

I hope you understand my explanation. BTW, Edison didn't invent electricity - he invented the light bulb which linked electricity to lighting systems for the world --before that it was candles.

Answer 4

invented - meaning has already done this, it's in the past tense.

invents - he is in the process of doing this, in the present tense

Therefore, Edison has already invented the light bulb, so it's in the past (invented)

Answer 5

B-invented!

Edison invented the light long time ago, and Mr. Smith is like the third party, telling others what Edison did.

Answer 6

Well think about it? When did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? Answer, a long time ago! So it was in the past.

Now look at the verbs: Invent and Invented. Which of these two is past tense? Answer, invented. So that's your answer.