Question

Read the following situation and frame suitable question to be asked:

You try on a jacket in a shop. You are not sure whether to buy it or not. You ask a friend for advice.

________________ it?

• A. Have I bought
• B. Am I buying
• C. Shall I buy
  
• D. Do I buy

Answer 1

The correct option is C Shall I buy

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, here, buying a jacket. We use the simple future to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future. The formula for the simple future in uncertainty for first person is I + shall + [root form of verb], that is, shall buy. 'Shall' refers to advice. Hence, Option C is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition.

Option A asks about an action already happened. Option B asks about an action that is happening, but the meaning isn't clear.

Option C asks about a general truth or fact, and the meaning is unclear as well.

Hence these options are incorrect.