Question

Topic :Tense


Class :8th

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Nadira _____(come) home when it _____ (rain). ​

Answer 1

Nadira $\underline{\sf{\red{came}}}$home when it $\underline{\sf{\red{was\:raining }}}$

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${ \underline{ \boxed{ \bigstar{ \red { \sf{ Know\:More :}}}}}}$

• The above sentence is an example of Past continuous tense.
• $\bf{Past\:Continuous\:tense :}$ It is used to express an action which was happening in the past.

$\bf{ Structure :}$

• When subject is singular -
• $\sf{Subject + was + V_1 + ing + O}$

• When subject is plural -
• $\sf{Subject + were+V_1 + ing + O}$

• In Negative sentence -
• $\sf{Subject + was/were + not + V_1 + ing + O}$

• In the case of interrogative sentence
• $\sf{Was/were + Subject + V_1 + ing + O?}$

• $\sf{ Question \:word + was/were + subject + V_1 + ing + O?}$

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$\bf{Let's \:see\:some\:examples :}$

• She was not eating her lunch in lunch break.
• Here, We used "was" because "she" is a singular subject.

• The chefs were cooking in the restaurant.
• Here, "chefs" is a plural subject that is why we used "were" as a helping verb.

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Answer 2

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Nadira Came home when It was raining

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