Question

Write the correct tense of the light went out while i read newspaper

Answer 1

After using the correct tense, the sentence will be written as :

The light went out while I was reading the newspaper.

• As the sentence describes something that happened in the past, hence we will use the past continuous form of the verb 'read'.
• As the person was reading the newspaper in the past, hence we need to use the continuous form.
• A continued event which was occurring in the past is written in the past continuous format.