Meaning of 'Well, take the times when everything freezes'

[Iza]

Hi Alan!

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", question 4

Do you know where the President of America .........?

(a) leaves
(b) lives
(c) live
(d) inhabits

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", answer 4

Do you know where the President of America lives?

Correct answer: (b) lives

Do you know where the President of America lives.
Please explain why there is live with "s" if it is a question. According to grammatical rules it is not correct?!

Test No. incompl/elem-14 "Computers", question 6

Well, take the times when everything ..........

(a) frozen
(b) freezing
(c) freezes
(d) frees

Test No. incompl/elem-14 "Computers", answer 6

Well, take the times when everything freezes.

Correct answer: (c) freezes

Please explain the sentence "Well, take the times when everything freezes " because i can't guess the meaning. Help please, thanks Iza

[Alan]

Hi,

The question part is 'Do you know' and the part beginning 'where the President lives' is the object of 'know' - it is a statement not a question. A question would be 'Where does the President live?'

Your other question is about 'take the times when everything freezes'. This means: look at those times(occasions) when everything freezes/ stops working.
Let me tell you about the times (occasions) when everything freezes/stops working.

Alan
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[Iza]

everything freezes is some kind of idiom meaning everything stop working, but in what sense stops working- finish work after a shift or go on retirement:)? sorry i dont get it, please explain with an example if possible. Thank You very much, bye

[Torsten]

Hi Iza,

In the given context the computer freezes or rather the picture you see on the computer screen freezes. This means there is no movement because the computer doesn't work.
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[Saneta]

Why can't be: inhabits? please tell me the difference between inhabits and lives?

[Hilcakmak]

[Moe Moe Myaing]

I am not clear inhabits and lives.
Can you explain me?

[Alan]

Hi,

If you want to know where someone's home is, you would say: Where do you live?

'Inhabit' is more used to express the idea of occupy a place/country/area as an inhabitant. It is often used in the passive form as in:

The country is inhabited mainly by people who have come from other parts of the world.

Alan
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