Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Jim and Julia have been in the restaurant for an hour and they have not been served yet. Julia is angry. “You said _____ a good place”, she says to Jim.

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This can’t be

This has been

This will be

This was

answer is D.

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Concept-You said this was a good place”, she says to Jim.
The present situation is described in the first sentence, as Jim and Julie have been waiting in the restaurant for a long time without being served. Jim’s sentence is being repeated by Julie, this statement is an indirect speech which means it will not be in the present tense, apparently, it also indicates that the tense should be simple past tense.
Having a look at option 1 “this can’t be” is the phase in the simple present tense, which is not accurate for the given sentence. Option 2 “this has been” is the present perfect tense, which is again isn’t the requirement of the sentence. Moving toward option 3 “this will be” is a simple future tense phase that is not correct for the sentence. And the last option “this was” it's a simple past tense phase which is a correct answer as it fulfills the requirement of the sentence. Therefore “this was” option 4 is the right answer.

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