curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-clarify-information-in-different-interactions/66367e01e3c7bb33ca28dcff.md
It's important to make a distinction between actions described in the Simple Present tense and those described in the Present Continuous tense. If you say I work as a developer (Simple Present), you want to inform the other person that this is your occupation. If you say I am working on a project (Present Continuous), you are informing the person what your current task or activity is.
In a question, you make this distinction by asking What do you do? (Simple Present, used to ask about a person's career or occupation) or What are you doing? (Present Continuous, used to ask about the other person's current activity). When referring to another person, use What does he/she do? or What do they do? (more general and avoids determining a gender to the other person) to know about another person's job and What is he/she doing? or What are they doing? to know about another person's activity at the moment.
Based on the explanation, what does Alice want to know about Lisa?
She wants to know if Lisa is married
Lisa's marital status has nothing to do with Alice's question.
She wants to know what Alice is doing at the moment.
If that was the case, she would use What is he/she doing? or What are they doing? instead.
She wants to know if Lisa is part of the team
Even though the team is mentioned, that's not what Alice is asking about.
She wants to know Lisa's role in the team, what her job is
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