Answer:
1. Were you having your dinner when I called? No, I wasn't.
2. Was Leo ironing when he heard the news? Yes, he was.
3. Was she walking home when it rained? No, it had stopped.
4. Were the boys going to the movies when the bad news came? Yes, they were.
5. Was Dad cleaning the car when Uncle called? Yes, he was.
Step-by-step explanation:
Past progressive is a grammatical verb tense that shows an ongoing past action that was happening when it was interrupted. It is when two ongoing actions were happening at the same time at a specific moment of its interruption.
The past progressive questions of the given words/ snippets of words along with their short affirmative or negative answers are as follows-
1. Were you having your dinner when I called? No, I wasn't.
2. Was Leo ironing when he heard the news? Yes, he was.
3. Was she walking home when it rained? No, it had stopped.
4. Were the boys going to the movies when the bad news came? Yes, they were.
5. Was Dad cleaning the car when Uncle called? Yes, he was.