1. Do you do any volunteer work?
How about your friends?
2. Yes, I do. They do volunteer work, too.
3. No, I don't. They don't do volunteer work, either.
(Are the answers grammatical?)
4. Do you do any volunteer work?
5. Are you doing any volunteer work?
(Which question is normal?)
#s 1 - 3 are perfect! Congrats!!
Both 4 and 5 are used about equally, I think. The first is asking the question in general. The second is asking if you are doing volunteer work right now.
The answers provided in both scenarios are grammatically correct.
For the first set of questions:
1. "Do you do any volunteer work?" and "How about your friends?" are both grammatical.
2. "Yes, I do" and "They do volunteer work, too" are both grammatically correct and in agreement with the previous questions.
3. "No, I don't" and "They don't do volunteer work, either" are also grammatically correct and convey a negative response.
For the second set of questions:
4. "Do you do any volunteer work?" is a normal question and is commonly used to ask someone about their current or habitual involvement in volunteer activities.
5. "Are you doing any volunteer work?" is also a normal question and typically refers to someone's current involvement in volunteer activities, highlighting the ongoing nature of the action.
Both questions are grammatically correct and can be used interchangeably, but the slight difference in phrasing emphasizes the current state of volunteering in question 5.