Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Look! There ___ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He___ at us.

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The sentence "Look! There is a man sitting at the first table near the door. He is looking at us." describes a situation in the present moment.

1. The first blank requires the present simple tense, "is," to indicate the existence of the man sitting at the table at the current moment.
2. The second blank requires the present continuous tense, "is looking," to describe the man's ongoing action of looking at us in the present moment.

Option D: is/is looking accurately conveys the present situation as described in the sentence.

In Option A, "was" (past simple) is not suitable for the first blank because the context is describing a present situation, not a past one. "Looks" (present simple) is also not appropriate for the second blank because it does not convey the ongoing present action.

In Option B, "had been" (past perfect) is not suitable for the first blank because the context is describing a present situation, and "looked" (past simple) is not appropriate for the second blank because it does not convey the ongoing present action.

In Option C, "were" (past simple) is not suitable for the first blank because it does not match the subject "There" (singular). "Had looked" is also not suitable for the second blank because it does not convey the ongoing present action.

The correct answer is Option D: is/is looking, which accurately conveys the correct tenses for the present situation described in the sentence.