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Question 30

Select all sentences in which the past tenses match the stated sequence or timing.

  1. While the radio was playing, rain was tapping against the windows.Correct answer
  2. I was fastening the trailer when the hitch was snapping.
  3. The runner crossed the line, waved to the crowd and hugged her coach.Correct answer
  4. At 20:15, both musicians were in the middle of the same performance: one played the violin and the other was keeping the rhythm.

Explanation

The radio and rain activities are correctly simultaneous, and the runner's three verbs correctly form a completed sequence. The other sentences either make the interruption continuous or use a simple form for one of two explicitly ongoing actions.

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