Question

Complete the conversation using a suitable present verb form:

Sara: Is Ann on holiday this week?
John: No, she ____________ (work).

• A. was working
• B. is working
• C. will be working
• D. have worked

Answer 1

The correct option is B is working

We use the present continuous tense with normal verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment. It can also be used to show that something is not happening now. Here, the action of 'working' is happening now. The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + present participle (root verb+ing). Hence, Option B is correct.

The rest of the options either indicate that the action has already happened (Options A and D) or that the action will happen in the distant and indefinite future (Option C). Hence they're incorrect.