Question

It..... (rain) when I went out. use the correct verb :

Answer 1

it was raining when I went out......

Answer 2

Answer:

It was raining when I went out

Explanation:

In the given sentence second part of sentence is in past therefore in first part of sentence tense should also be in past. Therefore, ‘’was raining’’ will be used in the given blank space. When we use ‘’it is raining’’ it means it is a statement of current situation but as the sentence should be in past, we will use auxiliary verb ‘’was’’ instead of ‘’is’’. The sentence is in past progressive form.