Layla1234 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Past Simple?Past Continuous/Present Perfect
Which question is the best one?
I have just come back from home and I would like to ask my friend who came back earlier what were you doing today? What have you been doing today? Which tense should I use to be gramatically correct?
I have been cooking. reading a book or I was cooking/reading a book ( some actions finished some time ago) and some of them has just finished like cooking
I have just come back from home and I would like to ask my friend who came back earlier what were you doing today? What have you been doing today? Which tense should I use to be gramatically correct?
I have been cooking. reading a book or I was cooking/reading a book ( some actions finished some time ago) and some of them has just finished like cooking
Top answer
" or "How was your day? " The answer can be in any tense that is appropriate to the action described. I've been trying new recipes.
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If I have just come back home, I say "What did you do today?" or "How was your day? Did you do anything interesting?"
The answer can be in any tense that is appropriate to the action described.
I've been trying new recipes. / I made some sandwiches. / I finished reading a book. / I watched TV most of the day. / I went shopping. / ...
CJ
The answer can be in any tense that is appropriate to the action described.
I've been trying new recipes. / I made some sandwiches. / I finished reading a book. / I watched TV most of the day. / I went shopping. / ...
CJ
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