Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option.
A: What was happening at the TV studio when you visited it?
B: Programs ________ and recordings ________.

• A. were being produced / made
• B. produced / were being made
• C. were produced / made
• D. were being produced / were being made

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

were being produced / were being made

Here, were being produced / were being made, in past continuous tense, is correct because the question is asking about some incomplete actions of the past that were being completed when 'you' visited the TV studio. Thus, programs were being produced and recordings were being made.
'Were being produced / made' is incorrect because 'were being produced' is in past continuous tense, but 'made' is not.
'Produced / were being made' is incorrect because 'produced' is not in past continuous tense, whereas 'were being made' is. A sentence cannot have two forms of tenses.
'Were produced / made' is incorrect because were produced is in past simple tense, but 'made' is not.