In this task you are given a sentence. You must judge whether the main verb of the sentence is in present or past tense. Label the instances as "Present" or "Past" based on your judgment. If there is no verb in the given text, answer "Present".

[EX Q]: " He sells them as slaves.
[EX A]: Present

[EX Q]: Jon comments, " Why are you smiling ?
[EX A]: Present

[EX Q]: After a few months he recruited me to help him go around and greet the new stories.
[EX A]:
Past