She was crossing the street before she saw the green light

[Elaineliu]

Is the sentence ‘she was crossing the street before she saw the green light. grammatically correct? Plz explain the meaning of these sentence thank you

And can you tell me the difference between she was crossing the street before she saw the green light and she crossed the street before she saw the green light. Thank you so much

 

[jutfrank]

Can you tell us where this sentence comes from?

 

[Elaineliu]

It is just a grammar question from my text book

She _________ the street before she saw the green light.
(A) was crossing (b) crossed

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the sentence ‘She was crossing the street before she saw the green light" [no full stop here] grammatically correct? Plz Please explain the meaning of these this sentence. Thank you.

And Also, can you tell me the difference between "She was crossing the street before she saw the green light" and "She crossed the street before she saw the green light"? Thank you so much.

Please look carefully at my corrections above.

It is just a grammar question from my text book.

That's not sufficient. When we ask for the source we require the title of the book and the name(s) of the author(s).

Please note that I have changed your thread title. Titles such as your original "Grammar question" are useless. Titles must be unique and relevant to the thread. Use some/all of the words/sentences you are asking us about.