Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. Where ........................ at that time?
Were is an auxiliary verb used in the past tense.
2. Where ......................................... all this while?
Have been is used to talk about time up to now.
3. What .................................... since we last met?
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and have continued up to the present.
4. I ........................... cooking when the lights went out.
The past continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that was going on at a particular point of time in the past.
5. She ........................... absent since yesterday.
6. She ......................... absent on Monday.
7. You ..................................... a great help.
Either could be used here with different meanings.
8. I ............................. waiting for the bus when a stranger accosted me.
9. He .............................. living in Malaysia at that time.
10. He ............................ in Malaysia since his retirement.
11. He ....................... a shy kid at school.
12. They ........................... anxious.
Answers
1.Where were you at that time?
2. Where have you been all this while?
3. What have you been doing since we last met?
4. I was cooking when the lights went out.
5. She has been absent since yesterday.
6. She was absent on Monday.
7. You have always been a great help.
8. I was waiting for the bus when a stranger accosted me.
9. He was living in Malaysia at that time.
10. He has been living in Malaysia since his retirement.
11. He was a shy kid at school.
12. They were anxious.
