GATE DA 2025 Set 1 — Question 2

MCQ+1 / -0.33EasyEnglish Grammar (Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions)Verbal AptitudeGeneral Aptitude

General Aptitude → Verbal Aptitude → English Grammar (Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions)

Last updated 5 September 2026

Question

We__________tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain. Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

Correct answer (B) had been playing Solution The sentence describes a past action that was in progress before another past action occurred. The past perfect continuous tense ('had been playing') is used to show that the action (playing tennis) started in the past and continued up until another time in the past (when it started to rain). Turn this into a strength. Explore AI-powered practice and doubt support with Success Tracker.

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Correct answer (B) had been playing Solution The sentence describes a past action that was in progress before another past action occurred. The past perfect continuous tense ('had been playing') is used to show that the action (playing tennis) started in the past and continued up until another time in the past (when it started to rain).

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