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Interrogative Sentences, All Tenses

The document provides examples of interrogative sentences using the words "how", "how many", "how much", and "how long" in all tenses. For each word, it lists examples of sentences in simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. Not all tenses are applicable to every word.

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Interrogative Sentences, All Tenses

The document provides examples of interrogative sentences using the words "how", "how many", "how much", and "how long" in all tenses. For each word, it lists examples of sentences in simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, simple present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. Not all tenses are applicable to every word.

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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES, ALL TENSES

how, how many, how much, how long?

A) How?

Simple past: How did you go there ?

Past continuous: How were you going there?

Past perfect: How had you gone there? ( Note - You can also use simple past tense here - How did you go
there?)

Past perfect continuous: How had you been going there during 1972? ( Note - You can also use 'did you
use to' or 'would' in this case - How did you use to go there during 1972/ How would you go there during
1972?)

Simple Present: How do you go there?

Present Continuous: How are you going there?

Present perfect: How have you gone there? (Note - You can also use simple past tense here - How did
you go there?)

Present perfect continuous: How have you been going there for the last six months?

Simple future tense: How will you go there?

Future continuous: How will you be going there?

Future perfect: How will you have gone there by this time tomorrow?

Future perfect continuous: How will you have been going there daily for six months by the end of the
year?

B) How many?

Simple past: How many sweets did you bring?

Past continuous: How many sweets were you bringing?

Past perfect: How many sweets had you brought? ( Note - You can also use simple past tense here - How
many sweets did you bring?)

Past perfect continuous: How many sweets had you been bringing to the parties during that time? ( Note
- You can also use 'did you use to' or 'would' in this case - How many sweets did you use to bring to
parties during that time/ How many sweets would you bring to parties during that time?)
Simple present: How many sweets do you bring?

Present continuous: How many sweets are you bringing?

Present perfect: How many sweets have you brought? ( Note - You can also use simple past tense here -
How many sweets did you bring?)

Present perfect continuous: How many sweets have you been bringing daily for the last 6 months?)

Simple future: How many sweets will you bring?

Future continuous: How many sweets will you be bringing?

Future perfect: How many sweets will you have brought to the party by this time tomorrow?

Future perfect continuous: A meaningful question using 'how many' can't be made using future perfect
continuous tense.

C) How much?

Simple past: How much water did you drink?

Past continuous: How much water were you drinking?

Past perfect: How much water had you drunk by then?

Past perfect continuous: How much water had you been drinking daily during that time? ( Note - You can
also use 'did you use to' or 'would' in this case - How much water did you use to drink daily during that
time/ How much water would you drink daily during that time?)

Simple present: How much water do you drink?

Present continuous: How much water are you drinking?

Present perfect: How much water have you drunk? ( Note - You can also use simple past tense here -
How much water did you drink?)

Present perfect continuous: How much water have you been drinking daily for the last six months?

Simple future: How much water will you drink?

Future continuous: How much water will you be drinking?

Future perfect: How much water will you have drunk by 6 PM tomorrow?

Future perfect continuous: A meaningful question using 'how much' can't be made using future perfect
continuous tense.
D) How long?

Simple past: How long did you wait for the bus?

Used to(past tense): How long did you use to wait for the bus during your school days/How long would
you wait for the bus during your school days?)

Past continuous: A meaningful question using 'how long' can't be made using past continuous tense.

Past perfect: How long had you waited for the bus by 6 PM yesterday?

Past perfect continuous: How long had you been waiting for the bus by 6 PM yesterday?

Simple present: How long do you wait for the bus?

Present continuous: A meaningful question using 'how long' can't be made using present continuous
tense.

Present perfect: How long have you waited for the bus?

Present perfect continuous: How long have you been waiting for the bus?

Simple future: How long will you wait for the bus?

Future continuous: How long will you be waiting for the bus?

Future perfect: How long will you have waited for the bus by 6 PM?

Future perfect continuous: How long will you have been waiting for the bus by 6 PM?

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