Question

1. Fill in the blanks/ choose the right word
That smells good! What ______________ (do you cook?/are you cooking?/ were you cooking?)

Answer 1

The blank can be filled as follows:

That smells good! What are you cooking?

• As we observe, the statement in the question mentions an action that is occurring in the present, hence we will use the present continuous form to complete the sentence.

• We do not use 'were you cooking' as 'were' illustrates an action that occurred in the past. The statement, however, is in the present form.

• We do not use 'do you cook' because the statement intends to ask question about the continuing action occurring at that time.