Question

While they ___(play)there was a sudden downpour

Answer 1

While they were playing, there was a sudden downpour.

How do we use tenses in different clauses?

• When we have two clauses in a sentence, we must follow conditional rules to complete them.
• If the first clause is in past indefinite tense, it should be followed by past indefinite or future perfect tense.
• In the given sentence, we have used past indefinite in both sentences.