Some details that the text show that the excerpt was written in the past and not the present is, the story uses a lot of had and was which could be a huge clue that the text was written in the past sense its using past tense vocabulary. for example, in the excerpt it talks about how the children had a kind and merry housemaid. If it was present tense then the sentence would be, they have a kind and merry housemaid because it would mean that the house maid is with them right now and if it was future tense then it would be they will have a kind and merry housemaid because they don't have the maid yet and you would be using future tense words to indicate it hasn't happened yet. I hope this makes sense and helps.
A start with question 1 and answer them all in order
A name change is a simple process
It was the best of times and the worst of times. They hated but they loved. She would pick on him and he’d retaliate. With a school project coming up, it made matters worse because they desperately but secretly wanted to work together. They got to crazy with eachother that they were forced together. So happy they were to work together and fall in love.
