You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
Example: The kid on the street is ____ soccer
Example solution: playing
Example explanation: This is the original sentence 'The kid on the street is playing soccer' So, we have correctly predicted the missing word to be 'soccer'

Problem: and here she ____ now knitting and the table behind her was laid for supper missus rachel before she had fairly closed the door

Solution: sat