SamTheLearner wrote:
Please anyone help me to find the answer (with proper explanation) of this below question.
The cop car crossed the intersection when the signal turned red.
Question: Select the correct answer choice if the cop car started crossing the intersection when the signal turned red.
Answer choices:
A. crossed
B. was crossing
C. has been crossing
D. is crossing
E. has crossed
Many have commented on it (on their website). I don't know why they decided that choice A is the answer. When a traffic light changes from one color to another, it's a PROCESS.
Two actions that happened at the SAME time can be written with V2, i.e. : "I drank and ate"
Now if the traffic changed to red and the cop crossed the intersection, I would interpret it as if he was about to complete/completed crossing the intersection and the light turned red at the SAME time.
But they (on
E-GMAT) said he STARTED to cross when the signal turned red. It just seems more logical to me that "the cop WAS crossing...when the signal turned red". Maybe I'm wrong, but this is how I see it.