I had an English exam days ago and a question was written like this:
In what year did you ____ to the United States?
A. come
B. coming
So I chose A, but the teacher insisted that it was B, because it was continuous. What do you think?
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Sign up to join this communityI had an English exam days ago and a question was written like this:
In what year did you ____ to the United States?
A. come
B. coming
So I chose A, but the teacher insisted that it was B, because it was continuous. What do you think?
It is 100% come! 'Did you coming' sounds ridiculous... why?
Because we want the present participle of the verb to come (come) not the continuous.
Now if you are remembering the question incorrectly, it could have been option B as in the following example: 'In what year were you coming...'