Hi,

You’re right; the correct response should have been “I am”, to agree with the form of the question.

Phil

Hi,

Yes you’re correct, “I do.” would not work as it is in the present simple and the request is for a future action, so the response needs to be in a future tense: “Yes, I will [do it].”, “Yes, I am going to do it.” The present for future here doesn’t really work because it would imply a plan already in place or a schedule, e.g. “I do the same work every week.”, “I am doing it this evening [as I already planned this].”

Phil

Thank you sir. I have another query.
If I say, ” please do this work”.
And the respondent replies ,” Yes, I do”.
Is this response correct. As far as I feel it is wrong. It has to be yes, I will do it or something similar.
Thanks and regards

Hi Akshay,

No, that’s not correct as it is a request for a future activity (i.e. Forward this message later/when you can), so it should be framed according to reflect the task. ‘I do’ in this case would only be possible as a general confirmation here, as in something you do regularly/as a rule (e.g. ‘Please forward all the messages you receive.” – “I do.”)

In this example, though, to respond to the future task it would more appropriate to say “I will.” or something similar, unless you have completed the task since responding, in which case “I have done.” or “I did.” would work.

Hello,
Sir,
If I say, ” Please forward this message”.
And the other person replies
Sure sir, I do.
Is this reply correct
I mean just using I do is ok?

Hi Ki, yes that works fine.

Can we use “I do” for replying but in interrogative statement? For example, “You look sad” and we reply it with “I do?”

Hi Aksh, it’s because to be sorry is a state, a condition we are in, so we use the verb ‘to be’ (am), describing our state. Love and envy are things we actively do, to an external object, so we use them as verbs. Both of these could be reversed for different purposes – we can put a state of being sorry into action when we say sorry, ‘I apologise’, or we can describe our love as state, ‘I am in love.’

I hope this helps.