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My son always asks a lot of Switch off the TV, I am trying to I have been studying French for two
Have you been to the USA?
questions. study here! months now.

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had
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PAST

Yesterday I asked him a The police had been asking them

What were you doing when I When we arrived at the party,
question, but he didn’t questions for an hour before they
called you yesterday? everyone had already gone home.
answer. confessed.

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be ing been ing

Tomorrow I will be studying for I will have finished the project by We will have been working together
I will merry you, trust me.
my exam almost all day long. Friday. for 10 years this September.
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have
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are are NOT USED

I am usually asked many You have been asked a question, please

I am being asked some questions now.
questions answer.

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being been NOT USED

Yesterday I was asked a I was being asked some questions by the She had been asked that question twice
question. police when you called. before she explained everything.

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will be NOT USED will have been NOT USED

This question won’t be asked You won’t have been sent home till you
again. answer all our questions by midnight.