Question

When I got to the hospital, she ______ (sit) in the waiting room. Choose the correct tense form.

• A. sat
• B. was sitting
• C. is sitting
• D. will sit

Answer 1

Answer:

B. was sitting

• When a longer action in the past is interrupted or ongoing when a shorter event happens (in the simple past), we use the past continuous for the ongoing action.

• Here, sitting was already in progress when the speaker arrived at the hospital