Q regarding past

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à laquelle est ajoutée l'épreuve de calculWhy not "etait ajoutee"

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Alan is correct. The initial answer here that was indicated correct, was wide of the mark, to say the least. Apologies for the brain implosion, misdirection and confusion !Deleted.

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Am I missing something here? Isn't "était ajoutée" the imparfait, passive mode? The verb ajouter is conjugated with avoir.

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Andy,The text is using present tense in this section - common in French ‘ historical’ writing and narration, whereas English regularly uses past tense. Hence ‘ est ajoutée ‘ ( in 1972 ), passive voice, present tense, taking up Alan’s comment. There are other examples in the lessons here, but have a look at the link about Coluche, for further examples of present tense describing notable events happening at a particular time in his life  eg in 1985 - ‘ il crée …. ‘, ‘ (il) demande …’  https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/historical-tenses/ https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-the-passive-voice-with-simple-tenses-la-voix-passive https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/1376