Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
A: “I’ll drink tea with this tin mug”
B: “Where _____ you ______ it”?
A. Did/find
B. Do/find
C. Did/found
D. Were/found
E. Are/found

Answer 1

Hint: verb tenses tells us how an action relates to the flow of time. There are three main verb tenses: present, past and future.

Complete step by step answer:
The present, past and future tenses are further divided into four aspects and they are:
Simple – refers to single action (example – I drive home every day – simple present tense).
Continuous tense – talk about unfinished events (example- I am driving now – present continuous tense).
Perfect tense – they express the idea that one event happens before another event (example – I have driven that road – present perfect)
Perfect continuous tense – Generally, expresses duration or how long? (example – I have been driving since this morning – present perfect continuous tense).
Option A) Did/find – is the correct answer because 'did' represents action and it represents past tense too, we will use the verb in its original form 'find'. Hence, option A is the correct answer. "Where did you find it?"
Option B) Do/find – is an incorrect answer because 'Where do you find it?' This is used in simple present tense. It means where do you often/always find this mug. Here, the mug is already found by person A, so we need the question in the past tense and not in the present tense. Hence, option B is the incorrect answer.
Option C) Did/found – is an incorrect answer because 'Where did you found it?' An auxiliary and a verb in the past form can't be used together in a sentence. When an auxiliary is in the past form (did), the verb should be in its original form (find). Hence, option C is the incorrect answer.
Option D) Were/found – is an incorrect answer because ‘Where were you found it?' 'Were' is used to explain the state of being and 'did' is used to explain the tense of an action. As the question represents the action of finding the mug, we can't use 'were'. Hence, option D is the incorrect answer.
Option E) Are/found – is an incorrect answer because as the action has already been done, we cannot use 'are' as it represents the present tense. Hence, option E is the incorrect answer.
A: “I’ll drink tea with this tin mug”
B: “Where did you find it”?

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note:
In such questions, it is very important to understand the tenses. As in this question when person A said, "I'll drink tea from this tin mug" it means that he had already found the mug. Hence, person B must have asked about the mug in the past tense.