7. Fill in the blanks with the tense written in the bracket.
1) She _____ her prayer now. (Present continuous). (Sing)
2) I ______ football next Sunday. (Simple future tense). (Play)
3) The teacher______ us a lesson yesterday. (Simple past tense) (Teach)
4)Simran ______ a letter yesterday. (Simple past tense) (Write)
5) We ______ a film. (Past continuous tense) (Watch)
Answers
Answer:
1. is singing
2. will be playing
3. was teaching
4. was writing
5. were watching
Explanation:
Answer:
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Introduction
The past continuous or the past progressive tense is used to tell about some action happening at some time in the past. The time of happening of the action/event may or may not be specified.
Any temporary action, and/or an incomplete action happening in the past is expressed in the past continuous tense.
The verb in the past continuous tense is made of two parts:
The past tense form of verb ‘to be’ – was/were
‘ing’ form of the base verb.
Sentences in the past continuous form have a specified structure:
The affirmative sentence structure
subject + past tense form of verb ‘to be’ + base verb+ing
Example: She (subject)+ was (past tense form of ‘to be’)+ sing (base-verb)+ing ==> She was singing.
Negative sentence structure:
subject+ past tense form of verb ‘to be’ + not + base verb + ‘ing’
Example: She was not singing
Interrogative structure:
Past tense form of verb ‘to be’ + subject + base verb + ing + Question tag
Example: Was she singing? THIS MAY HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND