Q638841 - Prefeitura de Fortaleza - CE - 2017 - Prefeitura de Fortaleza - CE - Professor - Língua Inglesa

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The use of the simple past in “students routinely wrote by hand several hours a day" (lines 4-5) is:

a) correct because it refers to actions that occurred at specific points in the past.
b)
correct, but the present perfect could also be used due to the idea of “hours a day" (line 5).
c)
incorrect because the adverb “routinely" (line 4) requires the use of “used to write".
d)
incorrect because the expression “hours a day" (line 5) requires a progressive aspect.