Were is an auxiliary verb used in the past tense.
Have been is used to talk about time up to now.
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and have continued up to the present.
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.
#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.
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