Simhle Past
Continoous
sentence on
ennesing using
Yes/No type
question
Answers
Answer:
Were you studying at the library last night?
Was he crying earlier?
Were they fighting this morning?
Explanation:
Answer:
Were you working from 3 to 5 yesterday?
Yes, I was working yesterday from 3 to 5.
Yes, I was working.
Yes, I was.
Yes.
Was he working with you last year?
No, he wasn't working with me last year.
No, he was not working with me.
No, he wasn't.
No.
Explanation:
We use the past continuous tense to talk about actions or events that happened or continued for a certain amount of time in the past. Look at three examples.
I was walking in the park when a ball hit my head.
She was studying while her brother was sleeping.
It was raining all day yesterday.
We can make simple yes/no questions by putting a past tense "be verb" first in the sentence.
Was/Were + subject + verb(-ing)...?
Were you studying at the library last night?
Was he crying earlier?
Were they fighting this morning?
Like other yes/no questions, there are long and short answers. Look at the pattern below.
Example Questions
Was he watching TV at 1 am?
Was Mark talking on the phone to his wife earlier?
Was it raining earlier?
Was the boy studying when you saw him?
Was she walking with somebody when you met her?
Was he talking on the phone as he was driving?
Was the girl crying when you saw her?
Was the chef preparing the dinner when he burned his hand?
Were you cooking at 3 am?
Were the people yelling during the meeting?
Were the children laughing when you saw them?
Were the workers crying after they heard the company will close?
Were the machines working yesterday?
Were the computers operating well last week?
Were the men watching the football game when you were there?
Were the people crying while they were watching the movie?
English Conversation 1
A) Were you crying?
B) No, why?
A) It looks like you were crying. Your eyes look red.
B) That is strange. I wasn't crying.
English Conversation 2
A) Were the children studying when you saw them?
B) No, they weren't.
A) Were they playing?
B) When I saw them, they were watching TV.
A) Really? I told them they couldn't watch TV!