Which sentence indicates that a past event was in progress when it was interrupted?

The past progressive tense uses “was” or “were” plus an -ing verb to show an action that was in progress in the past. In “Rockwell was painting ... when a fire broke out,” painting was underway when the fire interrupted it. The correct choice is B, “Rockwell was painting in his studio when a fire broke out and destroyed everything.”

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