Question

She___the living room When she heard a strange noise in the kitchen

Answer 1

She was cleaning the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen.

What is the past continuous tense?

• In English Grammar, past continuous tense depicts an action that occurred in the past and continued to occur.
• As the girl was cleaning the living room and was continuing the action until she heard the noise, hence past continuous tense will be used to fill in the blank.

The question is not complete. The complete question is:

She .... the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen.

a) has cleaned

b) has been cleaning

c) cleaned

d) was cleaning