Question

Fill in the word with the most appropriate word.
“__________ a drink?”
“Yes, please. I’ll have an organic juice.”
A) Do you like
B) Are you liking
C) Would you like
D) Did you like

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence very carefully and understand the need of the sentence. The sentence is about offering a drink and the subject is telling his/her wish to drink the flavor. So, when we are offering something, the way of asking should be very polite and humble.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Do you like – is an incorrect answer because ‘do you like’ states that a person is asking about the choice or to ask if someone generally enjoys or partially enjoys’. So, this option in the blank does not make the sentence correct “Do you like a drink?” but the answer replied by another subject is “Yes, please. I’ll have an organic juice.”. However, the two clauses are not connecting well with this option in the blank. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Are you liking – is an incorrect answer because ‘are you liking’ means ‘addressing liking for someone or something’. For example: She had a liking for good dress. Therefore, the use of ‘are you liking’ in the blank is incorrect.
Option C) Would you like – is the correct answer because ‘would you like’ is a very polite way of asking ‘do you want’ when offering something to someone. Thus, this is the correct answer as the latter is offering something to the former and in reply the former says “Yes, please. I’ll have an organic juice”. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) Did you like – is an incorrect answer because ‘did you like’ means ‘asking someone for their opinion or their reaction to something’ and this is an incorrect choice to fill in the blank.
“Would you like a drink?”
“Yes, please. I’ll have an organic juice.”

Thu the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: The main difference between do you like and would you like is that: Do you like is a way of asking about enjoyment and would you like is the way of asking something in a polite way. Thus, as per the sentence, “do you like a drink?” “Yes, please. I’ll have an organic juice.” Does not convey the exact sense of the sentence. However, Option C completes the sentence in the most meaningful way. So, this is the most appropriate option as compared to any other option.