Question

I was wondering if I could get a step by step process to answer this question?

Answer 1

The kind of sentences you have asked about, 'wonder' means the same as 'think'. Saying 'I am wondering' uses the present continuous tense. That tense implies that you're thinking about something right now, at that moment and it emphasizes that there's something you don't know or you haven't decided upon

How are you Kimia? I’ll do my best to stop you wondering how to use ‘wonder’.

In the kind of sentences you have asked about, ‘wonder’ means the same as ‘think’. Saying ‘I am wondering’ uses the present continuous tense. That tense implies that you’re thinking about something right now, at that moment and it emphasizes that there’s something you don’t know or you haven’t decided upon. Here are a couple of examples:

I’m wondering whether to go to the party or not - means 'I’m thinking about it now but haven’t made a decision yet'.
I’m wondering if I should take a taxi to work today.
I’m wondering where Sammy is - which means 'I’ve been waiting 20 minutes for her and she still hasn’t arrived'.

Let’s move on now to ‘I was wondering’. As it uses the past continuous tense, it implies that you started thinking about a subject before the time of speaking. You state that the ‘wondering’ started in the past. Again a few examples:

I was wondering where you had put my sunglasses.
I thought I’d call you because I was wondering where you are at the moment.
I was wondering if we should go and visit Paula this weekend.