Question

We ______ in the kitchen when the doorbell rang.

Answer 1

i think were is the answer.

Answer 2

We were in the kitchen, when the doorbell rang.

Explanation:

• The term ‘when’ can be used as a conjunction. We use this conjunction, when we refer to ‘at the time at’.
• It makes the sentence complex. Here the clause with ‘when’ is a dependent or subordinate clause. The sentence should has a main / independent clause, in order to give complete meaning.
• In the given question, the verb used is past tense (‘rang). So the main clause should also refer to past tense.  
• Hence we used ‘were’ in the main clause.

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