Question

When I phoned my friend, they (play)______ monopoly.(past continuous tense)

Answer 1

When I phoned my friend, they were playing monopoly

Explanation:

When I phoned my friend, they were playing monopoly.

were=past tense

playing=verb’s present participle (-ing word)

The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event occurred.

Often, to describe the background in a story written in the past tense.

The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word).

There are many situations in which this verb tense might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past.