Which sentence uses the correct verb forms?
Last week we were eating watermelon on the porch when Mikey spits a whole mouthful of seeds on my shirt!
Last week we were eating watermelon on the porch when Mikey spat a whole mouthful of seeds on my shirt!

Question

Which sentence uses the correct verb forms?
Last week we were eating watermelon on the porch when Mikey spits a whole mouthful of seeds on my shirt!
Last week we were eating watermelon on the porch when Mikey spat a whole mouthful of seeds on my shirt!

anonymous · Answer

'Last week we were eating watermelon on the porch when Mikey spat a whole mouthful of seeds on my shirt!' Because, it's in a pass verb tense. Which means, that it's talking about something that happened before/ past, not the present.