Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb from the given options in present continuous tense.
Why ______ (look) at me like that? Stop it!
a. Are you looking
b. Will you look
c. Were you looking
d. Have you looked

Answer 1

Hint: A present continuous tense which is in the present tense and has a ‘-ing’ word in it.

Complete answer:
To attempt this question, let us evaluate options to arrive at the correct option.
Option a is in the present continuous tense. The present tense is denoted by the word ‘are’ and the continuous tense is ‘looking’. Therefore, the sentence will read as: Why are you looking at me? Stop it!
The sentence makes sense and is the correct answer. Therefore, option a is the correct answer.
Option b is wrong because of two reasons. First, it is in the future tense with the usage of ‘will’. Second, it does not have a continuous sense since it does not have a ‘-ing’ word.
Option c has a continuous tense since it has the word ‘looking’ ending with -ing. However, the tense is in the past tense since ‘were’ is a word in the past tense.
Option d is in the present tense with the word ‘have’ but it does not have a continuous tense. Thus, it is also not the correct answer.
Thus, we can see that option a is the correct answer since there is some mistake in the rest of the options.

Note: Though option d has the word ‘looked’, it is not the past tense because it is preceded by the word ‘have’. The word have is in the present tense. Also, always remember that a sentence in the continuous tense compulsorily has a ‘-ing’ word.