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JAMB Use of English 1981 Question 82

Question 82

Tenses

Fill in the blank space with the best of the five options: The guests ________ breakfast by the time the bus arrives.

  1. A.are finishing
  2. B.have finished
  3. C.shall have finished
  4. D.had finished
  5. E.will have finished.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: E (will have finished.)

Explanation

'By the time the bus arrives' points to a future moment, so the future perfect is used; with 'the guests' (third person) the form is 'will have finished'.