Choose and copy the best answer to complete the text. [10*0.5=5] A poet and a poetess was/were/is) returning home from a poetry
recitation competition....(as soon as/when/after) their car broke down They had it ...(tow/to tow/towed) to the local garage and faced the fact that they'd have to wait...(since/in/for) more than three hours. The poet said to the poetess," Let's go to a cafe for a cup of tea, shall we will you/shan't we)?" The poetess replied that....(I have/she has/she had) no habit of taking...(a/the/none) tea and coffee. The poetess said," If you are interested. I...(will recite would recite/would have recited) my best poem to you that I.... (write/had written/wrote) two weeks ago." The poet said, "That's a good idea. I love people.... ( being recited/reciting/ having recited) a poem for me."
The correct words that should be used in the sentences are:
Were
When
Towed
For
Shall we?
She had
None
Will recite
Had written
Reciting
<h3>What is Present Tense?</h3>
This refers to the type of tense that shows the present time frame of action with reference to a thing.
Hence, we can see that the given text talks about a group of people on a journey until their car broke down and the correct word forms are listed above.
Formal style, it's pretty easy to figure that out by just canceling out the other answers. Slang is obviously not it, I don't see anything critical in this, and I don't know how it could be informal.
