Mastering Future Tense and Errors

Which of the following sentences is in the future tense?

• She is reading a book.

• She will read a book.

• She read a book.

• She reads a book.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'She will read a book.' is in the future tense, indicating an action that will happen later. The other options describe actions in the present or past tense.

Identify the error in the following sentence: "I will going to the store tomorrow."

• Replace "will" with "am"

• Replace "going" with "go"

• Replace "tomorrow" with "yesterday"

• Replace "store" with "stores"

Answer explanation

The error in the sentence is the use of 'will going.' The correct form is 'will go.' Therefore, replacing 'going' with 'go' corrects the sentence to 'I will go to the store tomorrow.'

Which of the following sentences correctly uses "will" to indicate a future action?

• I will to the park.

• I will going to the park.

• I will go to the park.

• I will went to the park.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "I will go to the park." because it uses "will" followed by the base form of the verb "go" to indicate a future action. The other options use incorrect verb forms.

Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct:

• She will be arrive at 5 PM.

• She will arrives at 5 PM.

• She will arriving at 5 PM.

• She will arrive at 5 PM.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'She will arrive at 5 PM.' because 'will' is followed by the base form of the verb 'arrive'. The other options incorrectly use forms of the verb that do not fit this structure.

Which of the following sentences contains an error?

• They will finish their homework by 8 PM.

• He will be here soon.

• We will going to the concert.

• I will call you later.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'We will going to the concert.' contains an error. It should be 'We are going to the concert.' The correct form uses 'are' instead of 'will' for the present continuous tense.

Identify the correct future tense form of the verb in the following sentence: "By next year, she ____ her degree."

• will completes

• will complete

• will completing

• will completed

Answer explanation

The correct future tense form is 'will complete' because 'will' is followed by the base form of the verb. 'Completes' and 'completed' are incorrect forms, and 'completing' is not suitable in this context.

Which of the following sentences is incorrect?

• I will see you tomorrow.

• She will be happy to hear the news.

• They will going to the beach.

• We will meet at the café.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'They will going to the beach.' is incorrect because it improperly combines 'will' with 'going to'. The correct form should be 'They are going to the beach.' or 'They will go to the beach.'.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses "will" to indicate a future event:

• He will be at the meeting.

• He will being at the meeting.

• He will been at the meeting.

• He will to be at the meeting.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "He will be at the meeting." because it properly uses "will" followed by the base form of the verb "be" to indicate a future event. The other options contain grammatical errors.

Identify the error in the following sentence: "She will starts her new job next week."

• Replace "will" with "is"

• Replace "starts" with "start"

• Replace "next week" with "last week"

• Replace "her" with "his"

Answer explanation

The error in the sentence is the verb form. 'Will' is a modal verb that requires the base form of the verb. Therefore, 'starts' should be replaced with 'start' to correct the sentence to 'She will start her new job next week.'

Which of the following sentences is in the future tense and grammatically correct?

• I will be finish the project by Friday.

• I will finished the project by Friday.

• I will finishing the project by Friday.

• I will finish the project by Friday.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "I will finish the project by Friday." It uses the future tense correctly with "will" followed by the base form of the verb "finish." The other options are grammatically incorrect.