B
(return) home.
Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous tense of the given verbs.
1. She
(play) the violin when her father
2. What
you
(do) when the school
(announce) the results of the competition?
(sleep), we
(finalize) the plans for your
3. While you -
birthday party
(rain) heavily.
4. When he
(leave) for the airport, it
(play) in the classroom when the teacher
5. They
(walk) in.
6. 1.
(study) before
(take) up this job.
(exercise) way too much last month, resulting in muscle cramps.
7. She
Answers
Answer:
good morning to you dear
Answer:
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Simple Past and Past Continuous
ANNAPURNA MADHURI
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