B. Fill in the blanks using the correct form taken from the bracket. Read the following text carefully. It's a rainy Saturday. It ____ (rain) a lot and Mary and her family ____ (spend) the afternoon at home. Her uncles ____ (visit) them. Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary ____ (make) a draw and her father, Mr Harris, is surfing the net. They ____ also ____ (talk). Mary's older brother, Peter, is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a computer fanatic and he spends much time playing on the computer. His little brother, Jim is also in the living room. He ____ (play) with his dinosaurs' collection. Sometimes he teases Mary, he is a really naughty boy. Source: https://www.scribd.com/doc/202630972/Reading-Comprehension-Present-Continuous

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Soal memerintahkan untuk melengkapi bagian rumpang dengan bentuk kata kerja yang tepat. Perhatikan bahwa kalimat pertama pada teksberbunyi "It's a rainy Saturday" yang terjemahannya "Hari Sabtu ini sedang turun hujan.". Berdasarkan kata "sedang" atau is pada kalimat pertama,teks tersebut berisi kegiatan yang sedangdilakukan pada hari sabtu. Kegiatan yang sedang berlangsung dinyatakan dalam kalimat dengan pola Present Continuous Tense . Rumusnya terdiri dari: S + to be (is/am/are) + V-ing + O/C .Berikut kesesuaian antara subjek dan to be : I= am You= are We= are They= are He= is She= is It= is Soal pertama pada kalimat rumpang adalah "It ____ (rain) a lot" . Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "It is raininga lot." Soal kedua pada kalimat rumpang adalah "Mary and her family ____ (spend) the afternoon at home". Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "Mary and her family are spendingthe afternoon at home". Soal ketiga pada kalimat rumpang adalah "Her uncles ____ (visit) them". Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "Her uncles are visiting them". Soal keempat pada kalimat rumpang adalah "Mary ____ (make) a draw". Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "Mary is making a draw". Soal kelimapada kalimat rumpang adalah "They ____ also ____ (talk)". Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "They are also talking". Soal keenam pada kalimat rumpang adalah "He ____ (play) with his dinosaurs' collection". Berdasarkan rumus, kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "He is playingwith his dinosaurs' collection". Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah is raining; are spending; are visiting; is making; are talking; is playing.