Question

Tom said he _______basketball with his classmates from 4:00 to 6:00 yesterday afternoon.

A. is played B. was playing C. plays D. had played

Answer

B

【解析】

句意：汤姆说他昨天下午4点到6点正在和同学一起打篮球。

考查过去进行时。A. is played一般现在时的被动语态；B. was playing过去进行时；C. plays第三人称单数；D. had played过去完成时。根据句意可知是昨天下午4点到6点正在和同学一起打篮球，表示过去某一时间段内正在发生或进行的动作或状态，应用过去进行时，其构成为was/were+动词的现在分词，主语he是单数，用was，play basketball打篮球，play的现在分词是playing，故答案选B。