Question

I_(watch) the television when the ball rang .

Answer 1

Answer:

I had been watching the television when the bell rang

Answer 2

I was watching the television when the bell rang.

The correct form of the verb to use is the past continuous tense. We do this by using the continuous form of the verb, 'watching' and attaching it with 'was' since the subject (I) is singular.

We use the past continuous form of the verb to indicate that an action was occurring when the second verb happened.