Question

—Did you catch what I said? —Sorry. I ______ a text message just now. A．had answering B．ha

—Did you catch what I said? —Sorry. I ______ a text message just now. A．had answering B．have answered C．would answer D．was answering

Answer 1

D
本题考查动词时态。句意为：“你听懂我所说的了吗？”“对不起。我刚刚在回短信。”根据句意及时间状语just
now可知，回短信的动作正好是发生在问话人说话的那一时间点，即表示过去某一时间点正在发生的动作，故选过去进行时态D。