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Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form. At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey. - English

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Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.

At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey.

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Solution

At the moment they are waiting at the bus-stop. But I not know their plans for the journey.

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Chapter 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [Page 14]

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Chapter 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q b. 3. | Page 14

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