I hear vs. I am hearing

[Larissa Tue]

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", question 4

I ......... what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.

(a) listen
(b) hear
(c) am listing
(d) am hearing

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", answer 4

I hear what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.

Correct answer: (b) hear

Your answer was: incorrect
I am hearing what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.
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what should it not be 'am hearing'?

Larissa Tue

[Alan]

Not usually used in continuous form
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[ELS learner]

Hi Alan,

why you can use "listen" here?

You are listening what the other is telling to you, but what he says doesn't change your mind... so,

you are paying attention, not only hearing a voice, aren't you?

thanks!

[Alan]

Hi,

Yes, you can say either I am listening or I listen but when I wrote this sentence, I did not include the preposition to and the only word that fits in this particular sentence is hear. If you use listen with an object, you have to include to as in: listen to music/listen to a speech/listen to what someone says and so on.

Hope this helps

Alan
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[ELS learner]

Thanks for your answer!

So, when do you use "listen" without "to"?



PD: that was a round-about one, wasn't it?

[Alan]

You use it without to when there is no object
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[surangwood]

what should it not be 'am hearing' ?