How to complete the questions and answers in the interview using the verbs in brackets?
Answer:
Let’s carefully complete the interview by using the correct verb forms in brackets for each blank. The context is about Melanie working on a farm and talking about pigs.
Step-by-step completion:
Interview:
- What are you doing at the moment, Melanie? (do)
- Present continuous tense for an action happening now.
Melanie:
- I am cleaning the pigs’ house. They aren’t very tidy animals! (clean)
- Present continuous tense for an ongoing action.
Interview:
- When do you usually feed them? (feed)
- Simple present tense for habitual actions.
Melanie:
- They have their breakfast at seven o’clock in the morning and their dinner at five o’clock in the afternoon. (have)
- Simple present tense for routines.
Interview:
- What are the pigs doing at the moment? (do)
- Present continuous tense for current actions.
Melanie:
- Well, that’s the mother and her babies. She always watches them. At the moment they are sleeping. (watch / sleep)
- “She always watches” is simple present for habits.
- “They are sleeping” is present continuous for now.
Interview:
- What is the other pig over there doing? (do)
- Present continuous tense for current action.
Melanie:
- It is looking for food. That is the daddy pig. He is always hungry. He is waiting for his dinner. He loves dinner time! (look / wait)
- Both verbs in present continuous for ongoing actions.
Completed Interview Text:
| Number | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What are you doing at the moment, Melanie? |
| 2 | I am cleaning the pigs’ house. They aren’t very tidy animals! |
| 3 | When do you usually feed them? |
| 4 | They have their breakfast at seven o’clock in the morning and their dinner at five o’clock in the afternoon. |
| 5 | What are the pigs doing at the moment? |
| 6 | Well, that’s the mother and her babies. She always watches them. At the moment they are sleeping. |
| 7 | What is the other pig over there doing? |
| 8 | It is looking for food. That is the daddy pig. He is always hungry. He is waiting for his dinner. He loves dinner time! |
Summary Table of Verb Tenses Used
| Sentence No. | Verb(s) Used | Tense | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | are you doing | Present Continuous | Action happening now |
| 2 | am cleaning | Present Continuous | Action happening now |
| 3 | do you usually feed | Simple Present | Habitual action |
| 4 | have | Simple Present | Routine |
| 5 | are … doing | Present Continuous | Action happening now |
| 6 | watches / are sleeping | Simple Present / Present Continuous | Habit / current action |
| 7 | is … doing | Present Continuous | Action happening now |
| 8 | is looking / is waiting | Present Continuous | Actions happening now |
This way, the interview is completed correctly using the verbs in brackets with appropriate tenses.
If you want, I can also help you with pronunciation or further explanation of these tenses!
Here’s the completed interview with the correct verb forms:
Interviewer: What are you doing at the moment, Melanie?
Melanie: I am cleaning the pigs’ house. They aren’t very tidy animals!
Interviewer: When do you usually feed them?
Melanie: They have their breakfast at seven o’clock in the morning and their dinner at five o’clock in the afternoon.
Interviewer: What are the pigs doing at the moment?
Melanie: Well, that’s the mother and her babies. She always watches them. At the moment they are sleeping.
Interviewer: What is the other pig over there doing?
Melanie: It is looking for food. The daddy pig. He is always hungry. He is waiting for his dinner. He loves dinner time!