• A lot of countries ARE FACING a lot of various problems at present. a) is c) are facing.
• The economy of Russia IS SHOWING the strengthening of its own internal market now. a) is showing
• The Liberal party IS RULING the country nowadays. b) is ruling
• My friends WERE GOING sightseeing when we met them near the museum.
b) were going;
• The country WAS PRODUCING a great number of hand-made things the whole decade last century. a) was producing
• This famous writer WAS LIVING in the USA for most of the 1990s.
  b) was living
• I AM soon STARTING my studies in King's College. b) am___starting;
• The factories WILL BE PRODUCING lot of goods when they install up-to-date equipment. a) will be producing;
• What WERE you DOING when we rang you up?  b) were____doing;
• Russia WILL BE DEVELIPING a new economic strategy all next year long. a) will be developing;

4. my friends WERE GOING, не WAS GOING