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Verb Cloze Story 1

Read the story below and place the correct verb in the blanks from the list below.

Today, after work, I'm _________ to go out to lunch with a friend.   He used to be a student of mine, but he is now ________ at Carleton University.   I think we'll go to a small cafe nearby.  We're ____________ to take our time and have a good visit beacause we haven't seen each other in years.

After lunch, I'm ___________ home, ___________ into my car and ______________ grocery shopping.  After I return home, I'm ___________, _____________ and ____________ my daughter swimming.

After swimming we'll eat supper and then we'll sit down and relax.   Today is going to be a long day.

walking    cleaning    taking     getting    going

studying    planning    cooking     going

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