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4. Anjali ______________________ her book. (read)
5. Preeti and Harleen ______________________ to each other. (talk)
6. The sun ______________________ brightly in the morning. (shine)
Nega ve sentences in the past con nuous tense
To say that something was not happening at a particular point of time in the past, we add
not between was/were and the -ing form of the main verb.
Mohan was not/wasn’t crying when I came in.
No, we were not/weren’t eating dinner at 8:00 o’clock.
B. Rewrite the following sentences in the past con nuous tense using the verbs
given in brackets.
1. The children (freeze) from the cold.
2. The stove (not burn) properly before we fixed it.
3. The children (jump) with joy.
4. The cat (not eat) very well for the past few days.
5. Newton (read) a book when an apple fell on his head.
6. It (not rain) when I arrived.
Ques ons in the past con nuous tense
The order of words in questions in the past continuous tense is like this:
Was/Were + subject + -ing form of the main verb + other parts of the sentence
subject -ing form of the other parts of the sentence
main verb
Was the baby crying loudly when the show began?
Were Hakim and Sanjay playing tennis at 4:00 o’clock last evening?
C. Rewrite the following sentences as ques ons in the past con nuous tense.
1. Jacob was petting a guinea pig when his maths teacher called.
2. Mother was cooking dinner when Father arrived.
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