It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I _________COME_________ in, he didn’t...

It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I came in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he was surfing the Internet for job vacancies.

“Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You were employed by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.”

“Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I lost that job already. They said I was rude to a client.”

“Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the most patient and tolerant person I’d ever met.

“Yes, it was probably rude of me to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they didn’t like it. When they said that for the fourth time, I lost control. One of the women called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”

It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I came in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he was surfing the Internet for job vacancies.

“Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You were employed by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.”

“Yes, I was. I got a job as a waiter in his restaurant. But I have lost that job already. They said I was rude to a client.”

“Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the most patient and tolerant person I’d ever met.

“Yes, it was probably rude of me to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they did not like it. When they said that for the fourth time, I lost control. One of the women called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”

In this conversation, we can see that Ted is in a predicament due to a recent job loss. Here’s a breakdown of the specific grammatical points:

1. Past Simple Tense: Used in "came" to indicate a completed action in the past.
2. Past Continuous Tense: "was surfing" shows an ongoing action in the past.
3. Past Simple Passive: "were employed" indicates that Ted was the recipient of the action.
4. Present Perfect Tense: "have lost" indicates an action that has relevance to the present situation.
5. Superlative Adjective: "most patient" describes Ted as the person with the highest degree of patience among a group.
6. Pronoun: "me" is the correct object pronoun to use after "of".
7. Past Simple Negative: "did not like" indicates a repeated action in the past that didn't happen.
8. Ordinal Number: "fourth" is used to indicate the sequence of events.
9. Plural Noun: "women" is the correct plural form of "woman".

This detailed explanation highlights the grammatical structures and vocabulary used to make sense of the narrative and character interactions.

It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I came in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he was surfing the Internet for job vacancies. “Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You were employed by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.” “Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I lost that job already. They said I was rude to a client.” “Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the most patient and tolerant person I’d ever met. “Yes, it was probably rude of me to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they didn’t like it. When they said that for the fourth time, I lost control. One of the women called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”