Question

【题目】---The family ______ when I came in.

A. was playing cards B. were playing cards C. are playing cards

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】句意：当我进去的时候，这家人在打牌。family在表示“家人”的时候看做复数意义，后面使用be动词要用复数形式，这句话的环境在过去，描述的是过去某个特定时间一家人正在做的事情，用过去进行时（was/were doing），故选B。