Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumFuture perfect for a deadline
Standard English Conventions practice question
By next summer 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. finished
- C. have finished
- D. had finished
Answer: A. will have finished
Completion before a future point takes the future perfect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. finished
- Past tense for a future deadline.
- C. have finished
- Present perfect for a future deadline.
- D. had finished
- Past perfect for a future deadline.
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