Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Who _____ French in your family?
I _____.
a) speaks/do
b) speak/does
c) spoke/do
d) speaking/do
e) are speaking/did

Answer 1

Hint: ‘Speak’ is a verb which means to exchange thoughts; talk with. ‘Do’ is a verb which means to engage in (something).

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to select which of the verb forms given to us in the options fit in the sentence such that it is grammatically correct.
In the first blank, the third person present tense form is to be put and in the second, the singular present tense form as in both cases, the person being referred to is singular.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'speaks/do', refers to the third person present tense form of ‘speak’ and ‘do’ is the singular present tense form. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘speak/does', is incorrect as ‘speak’ is the base form of the verb speak and ‘does’ cannot be used for a first-person pronoun.
Option (c.), ‘spoke/do', is incorrect as ‘spoke’ is in the past tense and it should be in the present tense.
Option (d.), ‘speaking/did', is incorrect as ‘speaking’ is in present continuous tense whereas it should only be in the simple present tense, and ‘did’ is in past tense whereas it should be in the present tense.
Option (c.), ‘are speaking/did', is incorrect as ‘are speaking’ is in present continuous tense and it should be in the simple present tense, and ‘did’ is in past tense whereas it should be in the present tense.

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 categories- [ast, present, and future.