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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
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1. As I'm entering the classroom, the teacher asks me to take off my hat, so I do.

Later he asks, "what were you wearing?"

And I reply with,

I was wearing a hat. Or should it be:

I've been wearing a hat.

2. I just took off my hat a few minutes ago.
I ask my classmates:

What was I wearing? Or

What have I been wearing?

Which is the correct sentence?
  

Top answer

Hi, 1. As I'm entering the classroom, the teacher asks me to take off my hat, so I do. " And I reply with, I was wearing a hat.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • As I'm entering the classroom, the teacher asks me to take off my hat, so I do.
  • " And I reply with, I was wearing a hat.
  • This is the normal answer.
  • Questions are commonly answered in the same tense that they are asked in.
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Hi,

1. As I'm entering the classroom, the teacher asks me to take off my hat, so I do.

Later he asks, "what were you wearing?"

And I reply with,

I was wearing a hat. This is the normal answer. Questions are commonly answered in the same tense that they are asked in.

Or should it
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CliveHi,

I've been wearing a hat.

2. I just took off my hat a few minutes ago. I ask my classmates:

What was I wearing? Or

What have I been wearing?

Which is the correct sentence? Either. Use the latter if you want to suggess you were wearing it recently and for a long period of time.
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Hi,

'What was I wearing?' is fine.

Clive
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