Question

choose the verb with the correct verb tense to complete the sentence.
the hotel lobby with fans after news spreads that the movie star is staying in the penthouse.

• flooded
• flooding
• will flood

Explanation:

To determine the correct verb tense, we analyze the context. The sentence describes a past event (after news spread) where the hotel lobby was filled with fans. "Flooded" is the past simple form, which fits the context of a completed action in the past. "Flooding" is a present participle and would need additional structure, and "will flood" is future tense, which doesn't match the past context of "news spreads" (should be "spread" for past, but the event of the lobby being flooded is past). So "flooded" is correct.

Answer:

flooded