week 3 Question Forms in Various Tenses

Question Forms in Various Tenses

Asking questions is one of the most basic tasks in English. Ask questions for the exercises below. In the first exercise an example question is given.

Ask an appropriate question for the response

• A steak, please.
  What would you like?
• Oh, I stayed at home and watched tv.
  What did you do?
• She is reading a book at the moment.
  What is she doing?
• We are going to visit France.
  Where are we going?
• I usually get up at 7 o'clock.
  When do you usually get up?
• No, he is single.
  Is he married?
• For about 2 years.
  How long have you lived here?
• I was washing up when he arrived.
  What were you doing when he arrived?

In this exercise, provide the correct question for the answer. The full text is below.

Frank was born in _Buenos Aires_ (where?) (where was he born?)  in 1977. He went to school in Buenos Aires for ______ (how long?) (How long did he go to school for?) before moving to Denver. He misses _Buenos Aires_ (what?) (what does he miss?), but he enjoys studying and living in Denver. In fact, he has lived in Denver for _over four years_ (how long?) (How long has he lived in Denver?). Currently, he _is studying_ (what?) (What is he doing?) at the University of Colorado where he is going to receive his Bachelor of Science next _June_ (when?) When is he going to receive his Bechelor of Science?). After he receives his degree, he is going to return to Buenos Aires to marry _Alice_ (who?) (Who is he going to marry?) and begin a career in research. Alice _studies Art History_ (what?) (What does she study?) at the University in Buenos Aires and is also going to receive _a degree in Art History__ (what?) (What is she going to receive?) next May. They met in _in Peru_ (where?) (Where did they meet?) in 1995 while they were hiking together in the _Andes_ (where?) (Where were they hiking?). They have been engaged for _three years_ (how long?) (How long have they been engaged?).

Full Text

Frank was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. He went to school in Buenos Aires for before moving 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.