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Siscaa Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The Simple Past Tense & Preposition

1. Anyone could help me please how to make a question sentence "who are you going shopping with?" become a simple past tense ?

2. Which one is right , "who are you going to marry with" or "who are you going to marry" ?

& which one is right , "where are you working at" ,, "where are you working" ,, or "where do you work" ?

Thank you for your help Emotion: wink
  

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Sometimes, more than one answer is possible... " 2) We don't use the phrase "marry with sb", just "marry sb", so the second one is correct. " is present continuous, and implies the job is temporary, or that it is something happening right now (for example, maybe the person works in a different place every day).

— MashaPavlovna

  • Sometimes, more than one answer is possible...
  • " 2) We don't use the phrase "marry with sb", just "marry sb", so the second one is correct.
  • " is present continuous, and implies the job is temporary, or that it is something happening right now (for example, maybe the person works in a different place every day).
  • " is a more general question.
  • It is present simple, and asks about a more permanent state.
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Sometimes, more than one answer is possible...

1) the simple past question would be "Who did you go shopping with?"

2) We don't use the phrase "marry with sb", just "marry sb", so the second one is correct.

3) The first is not really used, but the second and third options are both ok, depending on the context:

"Where are you working?" is present continuous, and
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Thank you very much Marsha. That is very helpful.

Now I know how to use those sentences. I've got my grammar better Emotion: smile
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