Choose the correct sentence.
Correct answer: C. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fell from the bicycle.
- A. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fall from the bicycle.
- B. My father is talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fall from the bicycle.
- C. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fell from the bicycle.
- D. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I am falling from the bicycle.
Explanation
This sentence is correct. It uses past continuous ("was talking") for an ongoing action and simple past ("fell") for an action that interrupts it, following a correct sequence of tenses.
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