Multiple choice

My lungs and throat were burning as I felt my chest rise and collapse with rapid cadence as I surfaced for air.

  1. were burning as I felt my chest rise and collapse with rapid cadence

  2. burn as I feel my chest rise and collapse with rapid cadence

  3. were burning as I felt my chest rising and collapse with rapidity

  4. burnt as I felt my chest rise and collapse with rapid cadence

  5. with rapid cadence burned as I felt my chest rising and collapsing
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the sentence doesn’t need any changes as the principal clause (my lungs and throat were burning) is in the past tense and continues to be so in the subordinate clause (as I surfaced for air).

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