Standard English ConventionsHardTense after 'by next spring'
Standard English Conventions practice question
By next spring the builders ____ the new wing.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. will have finishedCorrect
- B. have finished
- C. finished
- D. are finishing
Answer: A. will have finished
A future deadline takes the future perfect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. have finished
- Present perfect does not fit a future date.
- C. finished
- Simple past does not fit a future date.
- D. are finishing
- Present continuous does not fit 'by next spring'.
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