[ Simple Past vs Past Continuous Tense ]
After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly ______ and it ______ to rain.
A. appeared/ started
B. was appearing/ was started
C. appearing/ starting
D. appeared/ was starting

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Grammar › ViewIdentify the independent clause in the sentence: ‘Even though it was raining, we decided to go out.’
A. Even though it was raining,
B. we decided to go out
C. it was raining,
D. Even though
Simple Tenses in English › View
I add _____ to the infinitive of regular verbs in past.
A. ing
B. s
C. es
D. ed