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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I'm sorry. I can't help you at the moment. I _____ dinner.

A
will cook
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am cooking
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cook
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cooked
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Solution

The correct option is A am cooking
A verb is used to express an occurrence, action, or state. It is the grammatical centre of the predicate in a sentence. Option B) am cooking is correct as the previous sentence indicates that the speaker is busy ( she is doing something) Therefore, present continuous tense must be used here.The other options are wrong as no other tense suits in the sentence.The correct answer is B) am cooking.

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