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ENGLISH VERB

take questions

answer the questions

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: taking questions
  • Past participle: taken questions

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I answer the questions
  2. you you answer the questions
  3. he, she, it he answers the questions
  4. we we answer the questions
  5. they they answer the questions

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I answered the questions
  2. you you answered the questions
  3. he, she, it he answered the questions
  4. we we answer the questions
  5. they they answered the questions

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will answer the questions
  2. you you will answer the questions
  3. he, she, it he will answer the questions
  4. we we will answer the questions
  5. they they will answer the questions

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am answering the questions
  2. you you are answering the questions
  3. he, she, it he is answering the questions
  4. we we are answering the questions
  5. they they are answering the questions

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already answered the questions
  2. you you have already answered the questions
  3. he, she, it he has already answered the questions
  4. we we have already answered the questions
  5. they they have already answered the questions

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would answer the questions
  2. you you would answer the questions
  3. he, she, it he would answer the questions
  4. we we would answer the questions
  5. they they would answer the questions

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. answer the questions!

How to use take questions

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    The mayor takes questions every Thursday on the radio.

    The mayor answers questions every Thursday on the radio.

  2. Past

    After the talk, she took questions for twenty minutes.

    After the lecture, she answered questions for twenty minutes.

  3. Future

    I will take questions at the end, if that's okay.

    I answer questions at the end, if that's okay.

  4. Present continuous

    The doctor is taking questions from parents right now.

    The doctor is answering the parents' questions right now.

  5. Present perfect

    He hasn't taken questions from the press in months.

    He hasn't answered questions from the press for months.

  6. Conditional

    A good teacher would take questions during the class.

    A good teacher would answer questions during class.

  7. Imperative

    Take questions only after the demonstration.

    Answer the questions only after the demonstration.

Good to know

  • "Take questions" is to open the floor for questions after a talk: "the speaker will take questions at the end".

Where you hear take questions

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • After every screening, the team takes questions. After every screening, the team takes questions.
  • We took questions for half an hour. We took questions for half an hour.
  • After the episode, Ana will take your questions. After the episode, Ana will take your questions.
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After the Screening

Advanced Level 1 · will take your questions

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