I don't often travel by air...

[Katharina]

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", question 8

......... by air because the cost of flying is very high.

(a) I don't often travel
(b) I'm not often travelling
(c) I'll not often travelling

Test No. incompl/elem-10 "Present Tense", answer 8

I don't often travel by air because the cost of flying is very high.

Correct answer: (a) I don't often travel

Your answer was: correct
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Why is it so?

Katharina

[Torsten]

Hi,

Please look at the examples below to see the pattern of the Present Simple Tense:

I speak Japanese. (positive statement)
I don't speak Japanese (negative)

You read the newspaper every day. (positive statement)
You don't read the newspaper every day. (negative)

She works for Google.
She doesn't work for Google.
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[lisa_mard]

why its not "i'm not often traveling" ?

because i see the word "often" there, so i think we might use present continous tense.