jim,could you tell me where we can get some food to eat? what kind of food are you looking for

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jim,could you tell me where we can get some food to eat? what kind of food are you looking for
我认为问句和答句的时态应该一致,答句有了,be doing(are looking)那么问句怎么没有体现呢,所以我想改成telling 和getting,大家帮帮我

不可以这么改.
首先,提问用了 “could”,表示客气,后面的动词要用原型,如果要改成 telling, 从语法上应该变成 could you BE telling me.. 而不是简单的变成 telling.
同样的,can 表示能够,后面的动词要用原型,如果要改,就要变成 can be getting.
原句中的用法都是惯用的说法,而你这样的改动违反了语言习惯.