Question

Read the following situation and select the most suitable option as per the situation:

You and a friend are going out. You haven't decided whether to go by car or to walk. You ask him/her:

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• A. Are we going by car or by foot?
• B. Were we going by car or by foot?
• C. Shall we go by car or by foot?
• D. Have we gone by car or by foot?

Answer 1

The correct option is C Shall we go by car or by foot?

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, here, going by car or by foot. We use the simple future to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future. The formula for the simple future in uncertainty for first person plural is shall (+ subject 'we') + [root form of verb], that is, shall (we) go (the structure for an interrogative sentence).

Hence, Option C is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition.

Options B and D state actions already happened, and A states a continuous action in the present. They do not express advice (like 'shall' does).

Hence these options are incorrect.