Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. It rained! I didn’t think it _________. A. is going to rain B. was going to rain C. was raining D. had rained

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The correct answer is: C. was raining

The sentence is in the past tense, so we need to use a past tense verb. The other options are all in the future tense.

A. is going to rain is in the future tense. It is used to talk about something that is expected to happen in the future.

B. was going to rain is also in the future tense. It is used to talk about something that was expected to happen in the past, but did not happen.

D. had rained is in the past perfect tense. It is used to talk about something that happened before another event in the past.

In this case, the speaker is surprised that it rained, so we know that it was not expected to rain. The speaker is also talking about something that happened in the past, so we need to use a past tense verb. Therefore, the correct answer is C. was raining.