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Question
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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