Question

The president was speaking for about half an hour when trouble started

Answer 1

Answer:

The president (had been speaking) for about half an hour when trouble started.

Answer 2

Answer:

The appropriate sentence should be like that "The president shouted for an hour when the trouble started."

Explanation:

"The president shouted for an hour when the trouble started."

• In place of "was speaking" there should be "shouted".
• "the" is absent before the "trouble".
• the sentence should be in simple past instead of past continuous.

Past Tense:- The past tense is a grammatical dithery whose function is to place an action or situation in history. exemplifications of verbs in the once tense include the English verbs sang, went, and washed. utmost languages have a once tense, with some having several types in order to indicate how far back the action took place.

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