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JAMB Use of English 1983 Question 93

Question 93

Tenses

Choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of the sentence: At the end of the month we________ each other for five years

  1. A.would know
  2. B.should have known
  3. C.should be knowing
  4. D.would have been knowing
  5. E.used to know
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (should have known)

Explanation

A situation completed by a future point needs a perfect form; 'should have known' is the older first-person form of the future perfect ('we shall have known').