Question

A. Do you watch TV a lot?
B. No, I ___ TV for a long time.

Answer 1

Hint:Read the question. Identify what the tense is the question asked in. Read the answer and see what suits the best. You have to make sure the question and the answer is related and makes sense. When you combine the question and the answer, they should sound correct.

Complete answer:
- Option A: Incorrect. No, I isn’t watching TV for a long time sounds grammatically incorrect.
- Option B: Incorrect because it is saying that B does not watch TV for a long time but option C is more preferred because it indicates that B stopped watching TV in the past and doesn’t watch it anymore.
- Option C: Correct. Present Perfect tense is used to say that the action happened in the past but it is still ongoing. The syntax for the present perfect tense is has/have + verb. (Here : Haven’t watched)
- Option D: Incorrect.

Additional Information:
Present Perfect tense is used to denote that the action happened in the past and it is still going on.
The syntax Is : have/has + verb
Example : 1. He has watched television since he was eight.
2. They have played together since they were children.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C'.

Note:Identify the tense in which the question by A is asked. Option b and c are confusing. Option C is correct because it shows a starting point (somewhere in the past) and that it is still continuing.