[Grammar] Jenny was reading a storybook to her daughter last night.

[sitifan]

Jenny was reading a storybook to her daughter _______. (Choose the wrong option.)
(A) then (B) at twenty after four (C) at that time (D) last night
[Kang Xuan, Taiwan]

The answer to the above question is D.

Is the sentence "Jenny was reading a storybook to her daughter last night." really not acceptable to native speakers?

 

[tedmc]

The past continuous tense is used to refer to a specific time in the past. Specific is quite relative but I guess option D is the least specific among the four answers. C probably follows from a time stated in a preceding text.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the sentence "Jenny was reading a storybook to her daughter last night." really not acceptable to native speakers?

No, that is entirely acceptable, but your full stop is wrong.

 

[jutfrank]

Sitifan,

Put the book down and slowly back away. Do not return to the book.