Question

Read the given sentence and use the given verb in its appropriate form.

SARAH: Brian! How nice to see you! What _____ (you/do) these days?

• A. are you doing
• B. have you done
• C. you are doing
• D. you were doing

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

are you doing

The present continuous tense is formed with the subject plus the present particle form (-ing) of the main verb and the present continuous tense of the verb to be: am, is, are.

In this particular sentence, we can understand that the question is based on something which may happen "this week". The present continuous tense is a grammatical tense that can be used to describe when an action happened, or may happen. So, we would be using present continuous tense for the given blank.

Now, in continuous tense, the verb always ends with an '-ing', thus this would eliminate option B. Since, it is the present, we would be using "are" instead of "were" which eliminates option D. Now "you are doing" phrase can only be used when the sentence is in form of a statement. In this case, it is a question.

This makes, A the correct answer.