Question

Identify the sentence that uses the past progressive tense correctly.

A. I was sleeping soundly when the doorbell rang.
B.
My little brother is playing shortstop in a Little League game.
C.
Yang will be cooking dinner before her​ out-of-town guests arrive tonight.
D.
Lisa and Abdul had agreed on a movie before they went out to dinner.

Answer 1

A would be the correct answer since "was" is past tense word

Answer 2

Answer:

A. I was sleeping soundly when the doorbell rang.

Explanation:

Past progressive tense is a form of past tense which indicates the actions that was going on or was happening at a point in the past. The formation of past progressive tense is:

Subject + was/were + past participle of the main verb + -ing + object.

Past progressive action takes place when something was already going in simple past. It indicates a limited duration of the period.