Does John smoke? He used to.

[Winnie1122]

Which tenses will be correct? Does John smoke? - He used to. But now he never touches a cigarette. He gradually becomes/is becoming quite fit. This watch generally keeps perfect time, but these days it doesn't work/isn't working properly.

 

[emsr2d2]

Which tenses tense will be is correct?

1. Does John smoke? No hyphen here. He used to no full stop here but now he never touches a cigarette. He gradually becomes/is becoming quite fit.

2. This watch generally keeps perfect time, but these days it doesn't work/isn't working properly.

Please note my corrections above.

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[emsr2d2]

@Winnie1122 Your previous reply, all written in Russian, has been deleted. You need to translate the book title etc into English.

 

[Winnie1122]

English language. 9th grade. Textbook for schools with advanced study of English – O.V. Afanasyeva, I.V. Mikheeva

 

[5jj]

He gradually becomes/is becoming quite fit.

He is gradually becoming quite fit.

these days it doesn't work/isn't working properly.

.... these days it isn't working properly.

 

[Winnie1122]

Thank you for your answer. Why can't we use ‘doesn't work’ in the sentence about the watch?