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C. Fill in the missing letters.

1. A woman head of a house is called a m ____ st ____ ____ ss.

2. A quantity of precious jewels, money or other valuable objects is called

tr ____ ____ s ____ ____ e.

3. An imaginary creature that is very large is a m ____ n ____ ____ ____ r.

4. A person who steals another person’s things is a th ____ ____ f.

5. A large meal served during a celebration is called a f ____ ____ ____ t.

Grammar Skills

A. Verbs [was/were+verb+ -ing]

Read the following sentences.
• They were walking away happily when they saw a cat.

• The three animals were passing by a farmyard when they saw a rooster.

In these sentences, something happened while a longer action was going on in

the past. This is called the past continuous tense.

Here is another example:

I was reading a book when my friend came.

longer action shorter action

I was reading.

4pm 6 pm
5 pm

My friend came.

Now fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense form (was/were + verb + ing) of
the verb given.

1. We ______________ when it began to rain. (play)

2. She ______________ when the lights went out. (read)

3. I ______________ when father phoned. (sleep)

4. The children ______________ a noise when the teacher came in. (make)

5. I ______________ for the bus when I saw Ann. (wait)
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