Question

Choose the correct (and most natural-sounding) response to complete the following sentence:

Please be quiet! Our little daughter _______.

• A. is sleeping
• B. sleep
• C. sleeps
• D. has slept

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

is sleeping

The present continuous tense is used to talk about things that are happening at the moment. It is only natural that the parents would request those around to be quiet as their daughter is still sleeping. Hence option A is the correct answer.

Options B and C are incorrect simply because they are a grammatical misfit in the sentence.

Option D is incorrect as it is in the present perfect tense which is used to refer to something that started in the past and continues to the present. It does not natural if used in the sentence; moreover, the daughter did not fall asleep in the past but rather in the present.