Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:

I can't meet you this evening. A friend of mine ____________ (come) to see me.

• A. is coming
• B. will come
• C. have come
• D. came

Answer 1

The correct option is A is coming

Sometimes, speakers use the present continuous tense to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future, here, the action of coming this evening. The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + present participle (root verb+ing). Hence, Option A is correct.

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