My father ____(wash) his car while my mother and I were preparing. The second gap was past progressive. But which tense is the right one for the first gap? Simple past wasn't right I tried it with w

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My father ____(wash) his car while my mother and I were preparing. The second gap was past progressive. But which tense is the right one for the first gap? Simple past wasn't right I tried it with washed

May 5, 2021 6:00 PM

Answers · 5

Washed should be correct, but "was washing" is also correct.

May 5, 2021

My father was washing...

May 5, 2021

I not very good with English grammar, sorry, but I can just say what sounds right to me. Either „My father was washing/washed his car while my mother and I were preparing..(what? dinner? The sentence is incomplete). Either one sounds fine to me. I really don’t know the difference between past continuous and simple past in English verb tenses. German is so much easier in this respect.

May 6, 2021