Usage of "Are looking at"

[Epep]

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 2

What is the name of that picture which you ......... on the wall.

(a) look at
(b) is looking at
(c) are looking at

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", answer 2

What is the name of that picture which you are looking at on the wall.

Correct answer: (c) are looking at

Your answer was: incorrect
What is the name of that picture which you look at on the wall.
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WHEN CAN I USE ARE LOKING AT?

Epep

[Alan]

Here in this sentence we use the Present Continuous because you are doing it now/at this moment. You use the Present Simple for something that is repeated as in: I look at that picture every day as I go to work.
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[Geetha]

Could you please explain the usage of "that" and "which" in the following sentences??

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What is the name of that picture which you are looking at on the wall.
Are you going to see that film that is on at the cinema next week?
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[Alan]

Hi,

You might care to read some notes I've written for the site on relative pronouns:

http://www.english-test.net/lessons/21/index.html

The word 'that' has several functions and in the two sentences you have quoted the first 'that' in both cases is a demonstrative adjective in contrast to 'this' - 'that' indicates 'there' and 'this' indicates 'here'. The difference between the two relative pronouns 'that' and 'which' after the nouns 'picture' and 'film' isn't significant in terms of meaning. I would not use two 'thats' in the same sentence (sentence number 2). The other point is that you can omit 'that' when used as a relative pronoun when it refers back to a noun object as in:

The film (that) I am going to see is only shown on Tuesday. I hope the notes I mentioned at the beginning and the following story (2) and (3) may provide other information for you.

Alan
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