Question

Complete the sentence using the correct option:
_______ (you / listen) to the radio every day?’ ‘No, just occasionally.’
a) Do you listen
b) Will you listen
c) Are you listening
d) Did you listen

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the given options includes a verb phrase that is in the simple present as a question is asked to which the answer is in the simple present tense.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'Do you listen', refers to ‘do’ which is in the simple present tense. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘Will you listen', refers to ‘will’ which is in the future tense. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as the answer should be a verb phrase that is in simple present.
Option (c.), ‘Are you listening', refers to ‘listening’ which is in the present continuous tense.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as the answer should be a verb phrase that is in simple present.
Option (d.), ‘Did you listen', refers to ‘did’ which is in the simple past tense. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as the answer should be a verb phrase that is in simple present.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of tenses. Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. There are three tenses - past, present, and future.