My question is in English Grammar :
Choose the correct answer and please explain why :
They (were watching -watched -watch -watches ) the play 7 o'clock yesterday .
Do not forget please explain why you chose the specific answer .
Answers
Answer:
'were watching' and 'watched' both are correct but there is a fault in the sentence. There should be "at" before 7 o'clock.
Explanation:
Correct Sentence: They _______ the play at 7 o'clock yesterday.
'watch'(used in present and future tense) and 'watches' (used in present tense) cannot be the answer since the sentence has the word yesterday in it which tells us that the action was done in the past.
When you use 'were watching', the sentence becomes past-continuous.
When you use 'watched', the sentence becomes simple past.
Have a nice day.
They watched the play 7 o'clock yesterday .
Explanation:
because here is yesterday men's past ...if we take 'watching' then we have auxiliary verb but the ("were") is an option there by we used to take "watched"