[Grammar] Tense of a Verb

[mamen]

Dear Teachers,

We were tasked to answer this question:

How many students in your class ________ in Korea?
a. comes
b. come
c. came
d. are coming

They said that the correct answer is "come."
Are there two possible answers here? Come and came? Because, I chose "came" as my answer.

 

[Tarheel]

None of them are correct. In fact, the only thing I can think of that might go in the blank is are.

 

[Tarheel]

They said that the correct answer is "come."
Are there two possible answers here? Come and came? ( I chose "came" as my answer.)

OK.

 

[mamen]

Sir, the "in" is to be replaced with "from." Thank you.

We were tasked to answer this question:

How many students in your class ________ from Korea?
a. comes
b. come
c. came
d. are coming

They said that the correct answer is "come."
Are there two possible answers here? Come and came? (I chose "came" as my answer.)

 

[tedmc]

come/came/are coming in Korea does not make sense.

come from Korean/are in Korea would be okay.
Where is the question from?

(cross-posted with the previous post)

If the preposition is from, the correct could be b/c/d.

 

[mamen]

Where is the question from?

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Sir, I got the question from a test.
So, the following are all correct.
"How many students in your class come from Korea?"
"How many students in your class came from Korea?"
"How many students in your class are coming from Korea?"

It makes sense now.

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

How many students in your class are from Korea?

That is the most natural way to phrase it.

 

[Tarheel]

"How many students in your class come from Korea?"
"How many students in your class came from Korea?"
How many students in your class are coming from Korea?"

I would only use the second one.

 

[tedmc]

I would only use the second one.

No. 2 is possible if one is talking about one's schooldays in a bygone era.

No. 3 is possible if there is an international seminar in say, Japan, where students from different countries gather.

No. 1 would be most common of course.

 

[emsr2d2]

[STRIKE]Dear Teachers,[/STRIKE] Hello.

Sir, :cross:

Sir, :cross:

There is no need to open a post as if you're writing a letter. A simple "Hello" is enough (and you don't really need that). Do not refer to users here as "Sir". It is overly formal and it suggests that you assume we are all male. We are not.

 

[Tarheel]

If I were taking that test I would skip that question. Why? It's impossible to tell if the person being addressed is a student or a a teacher. Also, you can't really tell what the asker is getting at.

In real life you would no doubt be aware of the context. Not here.