Pembahasan:
Kalimat tersebut menghendaki jawaban passive dalam bentuk Past Continuous, yakni was/ were + being + V3.
2. Ahmad : Mah, what were you doing when I phoned your mother last night?
Halimah : I ... TV
A. watch
B. am watching
C. have watched
D. was watching
E. will watch
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Dari ucapan Ahmad: Kita tahu bahwa Ahmad menanyakan kegiatan yang sedang dilakukan Halimah tadi malam. Untuk itu, kita harus menggunakan pola past progressive (S+ was/were + verb - ing).
3. I was sleeping when my father...the announcement about me in the radio.
A. hear
B. heard
C. was hearing
D. hears
E. Will hear
Jawaban : B
Pembahasan:
Kalimat di atas berpola past continuous tense karena kata hear adalah kata yang tidak lazim ditambah –ing maka diubah ke bentuk VII
4. Rina ... a bath when I phoned her.
A. has been taking
B. is taking
C. had taken
D. has taken
E. was taking
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Untuk menyatakan sesuatu sedang terjadi di suatu waktu/ kejadian lain terjadi di waktu lampau kita gunakan Past Continuous yaitu : S + was/were + V 1+ ing.
5. `Could you tell my brother to meet me at the library tomorrow? `Sure, I____ him.'
A. would have told
B. am telling
C. be telling
D. will tell
E. will be telling