Question

The police __the public that the man is dangerous

Answer 1

Answer:tell or told.

Answer 2

The police had told the public that the man is dangerous.

• In the above sentence, we should use an appropriate verb so that the senetence makes sense.
• We are using"had told" as the verb here because the situation described has been already occurred in the past and hence it is the past tense form.
• So the verb which we use should also be in the past tense form.