Study the following sentences.

Sophia has been taking care of her sick brother for the last six months.

Using the information given in the above sentence, we can make questions in several different ways. Study the following examples.

For how long has Sophia been taking care of her sick brother?

What has Sophia been doing for the past six months?

Since when has Sophia been taking care of her sick brother?

Speak out questions beginning with the given words.

1. I have been living in Mumbai for ten years.

For how long ………………………………………………………………….?

Where …………………………………………………………………..?

2. He has been writing detective novels for six years.

For how long ………………………………………………………………?

What ……………………………………………………………………..?

What kind of …………………………………………………………..?

3. He has been trying to cross the river on a raft.

How ………………………………………………………………..?

What …………………………………………………………… to do?

Has ……………………………………………………………….?

Answers

1. For how long have I been living in Mumbai? / Where have I been living for ten years?

2. For how long has he been writing detective novels? / What has he been writing for six months? / What kind of novels has he been writing for six years?

3. How has he been trying to cross the river? / What has he been trying to do? / Has he been trying to cross the river on a raft?