Grammar Quiz No.133

N3Te-form Usage〜てばかりいる

弟は寝___ばかりいて、手伝ってくれません。

Q. Which form completes 'does nothing but sleep'?

Translation

My brother does nothing but sleep and won't help.

Explanation

The pattern is te-form + ばかりいる: 寝てばかりいる. It criticizes an action done to excess, parallel to 名詞+ばかり.