“had rained” or “was raining”?





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Last week I had a test and there was a confusing question: we had to put the bare verb in the brackets into the correct forms and that question was:
""When I woke up last night, it .... (rain) heavily."
I filled in the gap with "had rained" but the correct answer was "was raining". Can anyone explain why I was wrong? Thank you!









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    Last week I had a test and there was a confusing question: we had to put the bare verb in the brackets into the correct forms and that question was:
    ""When I woke up last night, it .... (rain) heavily."
    I filled in the gap with "had rained" but the correct answer was "was raining". Can anyone explain why I was wrong? Thank you!









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      Last week I had a test and there was a confusing question: we had to put the bare verb in the brackets into the correct forms and that question was:
      ""When I woke up last night, it .... (rain) heavily."
      I filled in the gap with "had rained" but the correct answer was "was raining". Can anyone explain why I was wrong? Thank you!









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      ""When I woke up last night, it .... (rain) heavily."
      I filled in the gap with "had rained" but the correct answer was "was raining". Can anyone explain why I was wrong? Thank you!







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