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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Tenses for some made-up comprehension questions

Hi. Please help me with these. Let us pretend these are part of the lyrics to a song. The part of what supposes to be lyrics to a song is made up and may not make much sense. At the same time, I think it is conceivable that a person could be afraid of becoming super rich (at a point in time). Let us also pretend the person being reference is male.

I am becoming super rich.

I was afraid to become super rich when I first started to make a lot of money, but now it's different.

I am becoming super rich.

Please help me with what supposes to be comprehension questions.

1. Is he becoming super rich?

a) Yes.

b) No.

For the question below, I am uneasy about using the present perfect to ask this question because the use of it seems to extend the content matter to the present (but according to the part of made-up lyrics above, he is not afraid now.) I want to maintain the present time perspective for all the comprehension questions. Could I break away from that perspective by writing "Was he afraid of becoming super rich?"?

2. Has he been afraid becoming super rich?

a) Yes.

b) No.

I am sorry but please help me with this, too. The question below doesn't deal with the made-up lyrics (a part?) but could we use the following tenses for what supposes to be a comprehension question? It might look to be a non-sensical question to ask since any person would feel good about falling in love with the person he/she loves, but I am keen on finding out the tenses are correct in the question. Thank you in advance for your help.

Is she feeling good about falling in love with the person she loves?
  

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For the question below, I am uneasy about using the present perfect to ask this question because the use of it seems to extend the content matter to the present-- Not necessarily; it extends only the potentiality. -- Why? -- Of course; that is past tense.

  • For the question below, I am uneasy about using the present perfect to ask this question because the use of it seems to extend the content matter to the present-- Not necessarily; it extends only the potentiality.
  • -- Why?
  • -- Of course; that is past tense.
  • could we use the following tenses for what supposes to be a comprehension question?
  • -- Yes.
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For the question below, I am uneasy about using the present perfect to ask this question because the use of it seems to extend the content matter to the present-- Not necessarily; it extends only the potentiality.
I want to maintain the present time perspective for all the comprehension questions.-- Why?

Could I break away from that perspective by writing "Was he afra
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Thank you for your help.

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