Question

Choose the best option from the options given below to complete the sentence:
My friend _____ for me when I arrived.

• A. waited
• B. was waited
• C. was waiting
• D. has been waiting

Answer 1

The correct option is C was waiting

Option C is the correct answer because it is in the past continuous tense, and so is the statement. The "past continuous tense" also known as the "past progressive tense" refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past, and hasn't stopped yet, here friend waiting is the action with respect to the past.

Option A is incorrect because it is simple past tense, while the statement clearly means that the action was in continuous form.

Option B is incorrect for the same reasons as A.

Option D is incorrect because it is the present progressive/ continuous tense while statement is in the past progressive tense.