Here is the item:
Bryan had had enough of his
sister's loud stereo and bad taste in music, so he
went to her room, banged on
the door, and teld Melissa that if she refused
to reduce the volume, then he would return with his baseball bat to pound
her boom box into little bits.
The third verb, teld, is the problem. As you know, the sentence requires the simple past. Told is the correctly spelled form.
| Verb | Simple Present | Simple Past | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| tell | tell(s) | told | told |