Which sentence has a verb tense shift error? a) all of the girls spent two hours doing their hair for prom pictures. b) have you ever been to the cherry blossom festival in washington, d. c.? c) if there's one thing spencer loves, it's eating honey-mustard pretzels. eliminate d) when we go hiking, i always tried to carry the water for our whole group.

D

Explanation:

The sentence that has a verb tense shift error is the following one: When we go hiking, I always tried to carry the water for our whole group. The verb "tried" should be "try."

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”