Discussion
We __________ tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain.
Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.
Answer: B
The sentence needs had been playing.
The rain 'suddenly started' at a moment in the past, and the playing was already in progress at that moment. An action continuing up to a past point is expressed by the past perfect continuous: 'We had been playing tennis in the lawn when it suddenly started to rain.'
'Have been playing' is the present perfect continuous, which links the action to the present and clashes with the past tense 'started'. 'Would have been playing' describes a hypothetical situation, and 'could be playing' a present possibility, neither of which fits a narrative of what actually happened.
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