I miss listening

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-91 "Tenses (2)", question 10

When I'm in town, I ......... listening to the birds.

(a) missing
(b) miss
(c) misses
(d) missed

Test No. incompl/inter-91 "Tenses (2)", answer 10

When I'm in town, I miss listening to the birds.

Correct answer: (b) miss

Your answer was: incorrect
When I'm in town, I misses listening to the birds.
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why miss is used .

[Alan]

This is the form for the first person singular as in I speak/I eat/I understand.
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[Kati Svaby]

After miss do we have to use derund?

[Kati Svaby]

Correction:gerund

[Torsten]

Yes, the verb miss is followed by a noun so we use the gerund after 'miss'.

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[Kati Svaby]

Many thanks Mr. Torsten.
Kati S.