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Question Forms in Various Tenses
Ask an appropriate question for the response
A steak, please.
Oh, I stayed at home and watched tv.
She is reading a book at the moment.
We are going to visit France.
I usually get up at 7 o'clock.
No, he is single.
For about 2 years.
I was washing up when he arrived.
Simple Present I play football every week.
PresentProgressive I'm playing football now.
Simple Past I played football yesterday.
Past Progressive I was playing football the whole evening.
Present Perfect I have just played football. (You have just finished it. So it has a
connection to the present. Maybe your clothes are dirty.)
Present Perfect Progressive I have been playing football for 2 hours. (You want to say how
long you have been doing it. You started in the past and it continues up to the present.)
Past Perfect I had played football before Susan came. (The two actions are related to
each other: you had finished to play football and after that the girl arrived.)
Past Perfect Progressive I had been playing football when Susan came. (Here you want to
point out how long you had been doing it before the girl came.)
will-future I will play football next week. (This is a prediction, you can probably do
something else.)
going to-future I'm going to play football this afternoon. (This is a plan you've made.)
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In this exercise, provide the correct question for the answer. The full text is below.
Frank was born in ______ (where?) in 1977. He
went to school in Buenos Aires for ______ (how long?)
before moving to Denver. He misses _______
(what?) , but he enjoys studying and living in
Denver. In fact, he has lived in Denver for __________ (how long?)
. Currently, he _________ (what?)
at the University of Colorado where he is going to receive his
Bachelor of Science next ______ (when?)
. After he receives his
degree, he is going to return to Buenos Aires to marry _____ (who?)
and begin a career in research. Alice ______ (what?)at the University in Buenos Aires and is also
going to receive ______ (what?) next
May. They met in _____ (where?) in 1995 while
they were hiking together in the ______ (where?)
. They have been engaged for ________ (how long?)
.
Full Text
Frank was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. He went to school in Buenos Aires for beforemoving to Denver. He misses Buenos Aires, but he enjoys studying and living in Denver. In
fact, he has lived in Denver for over four years. Currently, he is studying at the University of
Colorado where he is going to receive his Bachelor of Science next June. After he receives his
degree, he is going to return to Buenos Aires to marry Alice and begin a career in research.
Alice studies Art history at the University in Buenos Aires and is also going to receive a
degree in Art History next May. They met in Peru in 1995 while they were hiking together in
the Andes. They have been engaged for three years.
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