Fill in the blank with the appropriate past continuous tense: Why did you bring your umbrella? _________ when you left home? (rain)
Was it raining
It was raining
Has it been raining
It is raining
A
Was it raining
B
It was raining
C
It is raining
D
Has it been raining
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Option A is correct. We can see that the sentence in question is an interrogative sentence. An interrogative past continuous sentence is usually written as: Was/Were + [subject] + [present participle] + [object/rest of the sentence]. The present participle of "rain" is "raining" and the resulting answer is: Was it raining.
Option B is incorrect. Even though it is in past continuous, it is not in interrogative form.
Option C is incorrect as it is in present perfect continuous.
Option D is incorrect as it is in present simple.
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