Read this excerpt. note the verb tense in the sentence “when i look into the small rectangle, i see a face looking back at me but i don’t recognize it.”
there is a mirror over the steel sink in my cell. it's six inches high, and scratched with the names of some guys who were here before me. when i look into the small rectangle, i see a face looking back at me but i don't recognize it. it doesn't look like me. i couldn't have changed that much in a few months.
—monster, walter dean myers
which choice shows the same sentence properly written in past tense?
a. when i look into the small rectangle, i saw a face looking back at me but i don’t recognize it.
b. when i looked into the small rectangle, i see a face looked back at me but i didn’t recognize it.
c. when i looked into the small rectangle, i saw a face looking back at me but i didn’t recognize it.
d. when i look into the small rectangle, i saw a face looked back at me but i didn’t recognize it.