Question

She
___the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen
Select one:
a. was cleaning
b. has been cleaning
c. has cleaned​

Answer 1

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

Why will past continuous form be used to fill in the blank?

• Past continuous tense of the verb is used when describing an action that started in the past and continued to occur till a certain reference point.

• As the girl was cleaning the room in the past and continued the action until the point where she heard the noise, hence past continuous tense will be used to fill in the blank.