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Negative Sentence
To make negative sentences in past continuous tense, we use was not with singular
subjects and were not with plural subjects.
Read the given sentences.
1. Neelam was not going to school.
2. The children were not playing in the park.
Interrogative Sentence
To make interrogative sentences in past continuous tense, we begin the sentence
with was/were.
Read the given sentences.
1. Was Neelam going to school?
2. Were the children learning their lessons properly?
Test Yourself
A. Rewrite these sentences by changing the verbs in past continuous tense.
1. Mrs Khanna is coming from Kolkata.
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2. He is feeling better.
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3. The boys are playing hockey.
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4. The girls are smiling.
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5. The sun is shining brightly.
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6. The woman is going to the church.
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