was absenting
is absenting
was absent
absented
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The correct answer is C. was absent.
The verb “absent” means to be away from a place where you are expected to be, especially because you are ill or on holiday. It is a simple past tense verb, which means that it is used to talk about something that happened in the past. The other options are incorrect because they are not simple past tense verbs.
- Option A, “was absenting,” is a present participle. Present participles are used to form the present progressive tense, which is used to talk about something that is happening now or that happens regularly.
- Option B, “is absenting,” is a present tense verb. Present tense verbs are used to talk about something that happens regularly or that is true in general.
- Option D, “absented,” is a past participle. Past participles are used to form the past tense and the perfect tenses, which are used to talk about something that happened in the past or that has happened before now.
In the sentence “He was absent from school yesterday,” the verb “was absent” is a simple past tense verb. This is because the sentence is talking about something that happened in the past. The speaker is saying that the person was not at school yesterday.