preparing
                    - My mother is preparing my favorite dishes. Go with me and have a taste, okay ?—___________ and I’ll be glad to meet your parents.
 - All the Americans are preparing ________ Christmas.[ ]
 - What are you __________?-I’m preparing for my math test.[ ]
 - _____Greens are preparing for the coming Thanksgiving Day.
 - What’s that terrible noise?—–The neighbours ________ for a party.