It would be: The flowers are growing in the yard. The suffix ing makes it something that is happening now.
I think it’s D Odysseus I did this late year
Is the structure of the text which is the first factor.
D. <u>T</u>he <u>B</u>attle of <u>O</u>kinawa, the last and largest battle of the <u>P</u>acific <u>W</u>ar, was one of the costliest battles of <u>W</u>orld <u>W</u>ar II for both <u>A</u>mericans and <u>J</u>apanese.
