There are two conversations:

> Ａ：李さんが呼んでい **た** のが聞こえましたか。  
>  Ｂ：いいえ、聞こえませんでした。

And:

> Ａ：李さんが呼んでい **る** のが聞こえましたか。  
>  Ｂ：いいえ、聞こえませんでした。

The only difference is た and る. If I want to ask "have you heard Li's call",
which one should I use?
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grammar tense relative-clauses
呼んでいたのが and　呼んでいるのが which is right?
> 1.「李{リ}さんが呼{よ}んで **いた** のが聞{き}こえ **ました** か。 」
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> 2.「李さんが呼んで **いる** のが聞こえ **ました** か。 」

Both sentences are correct and neither one is any better than the other.

Why? Because the "main" verb of each sentence is 「聞こえました」 and that is the verb
that determines the tense of each sentence, which is the past for both.

The tense used with 「呼ぶ」, in this context, is of little importance because
these sentences are much more about hearing something than about calling a
person's name.
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