Change the following sentence into past tense.:

The paint is drying.

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The paint will dry.

The paint was drying.

The paint is dry.

None of the above.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Previous sentence was in the present continuous tense so it needs to be transformed to the past continuous tense only.
Concept- All the 3 tenses denote time such as past , present and future all of them have four forms such as indefinite, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous.
1)The paint will dry. Is a future indefinite sentence.
2)The paint was drying. Is a past continuous sentence.
3)The paint is dry. Is a present indefinite sentence.
Hence, option 2 is correct.

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