Which verb shift occurs in the sentence? The cat went outside and chases a butterfly into the neighbor's yard. (1 point) Responses present to future present to future future to present future to present present to past present to past past to present

The verb shift that occurs in the sentence is "present to future." The first verb "went" is in the past tense, while the second verb "chases" is in the present tense, creating a shift in tense from past to present. So, it is best classified as "present to past."

However, if we focus on the flow of actions and consider "chases" as an intention of the cat post the past action of going outside, it indicates an action that is intended or ongoing, which can be interpreted under the context of future action if "chases" were meant to indicate a future intention that didn't fully transition correctly in tense.

Overall, the correct tense classification seeing the shift in relation would be "past to present" technically if simplifying the interpretations of how they may be perceived together moving within action descriptions.