Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable helping verbs and identify the tense
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1 . The boys _____ watching video ( is / are )

2 . He _____ baking a cake ( is / are )

3 . My brother and I _____ playing cricket ( is / are )

4 . He _____ painting the portrait ( was / were )

5 . The children _____ watching tv ( was / were )

6 . The boy _____ pulling the puppy's tail ( is / are )

7 . The dog _____ sleeping on the table ( was / were )

8 . We _____ recording a television program ( is / are )

9 . MRS Mathews _____ talking on the phone ( is / are )

10 . The milk on the stove _____ boiling ( was / were )​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.are,present continuous

2. is, present continuous

3.are, present continuous

4.was, past continuous

5.were, past continuous

6.is, present continuous

7.was, past continuous

8.are , present continuous

9. is, ptesent continuous

10.was, past continuous

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Answer 2

We can write down the sentences like this-

1. The boys are watching video.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

2. He is baking a cake.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

3.My brother and I are playing cricket.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

4.He was painting the portrait.

This sentence is in past continuous tense.

5.The children were watching TV.

This sentence is in past continuous tense.

6.The boy is pulling the puppy's tail.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

7.The dog was sleeping on the table.

This sentence is in past continuous tense.

8.We are recording a television program.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

9.Mrs. Matthews is talking on the phone.

This sentence is in present continuous tense.

10.The milk on the store was boiling.

This sentence is in past continuous tense.

Here the questions are in the form of fill in the blanks we have to choose the proper form of helping verb according to the subject and tense.

We have chosen singular helping verb where the subjects is singular.

We have chosen plural form of helping verb where the subject is plural.

Present continuous tense-

When action is going on in present tense we can call it present continuous tense.

The structure of present continuous tense is as follow:

Subject + am/is/are + present participle form of the verb + object.

Past continuous tense-

When the action was going on in past it is called past  continuous tense.

The structure of past continuous tense is follow:

Subject + was/were + present participle form of the verb + object.

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