Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

What _____ at 8.00 last night?

• A. did you do
• B. you did
• C. were you doing
• D. are you doing

Answer 1

The correct option is C were you doing

A verb is used to express an occurrence, action, or state. It is the grammatical centre of the predicate in a sentence.

An auxiliary verb is a verb which gives is used in the formation of tenses, moods, tones, etc.

Option C is correct as the past continuous tense is used for an action or a series of actions in the past.

The other options are wrong as no other tense can be used here.

The correct answer is C) were you doing