Ô Grammar :A _Complete the paragraph with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Simon and his cousin, Frank, (1) ........ (go) to the same school. They (2) ........ ... (not have) the same lessons because Frank's older than Simon. He's in a different class. Simon and Frank (3) ... (spend) a lot of time together. They (4) .... (live) next door to each other and they sometimes (5) ................ ......... (travel) to school together on the bus. Today Simon and Frank (6) (not sit) on the bus, because the weather's really bad. It (7) ...... (rain) very hard and Frank's parents (8) ....... (take) them to school on their way to work. help please?!!
You can use 'took'in the 8th blank. But since they've asked only for present simple/ present continuous tense 'are taking' will be the most appropriate answer.