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Question 86

Which sentence contains an error in its future continuous or future perfect form?

  1. The team promises the whole bridge report will be complete by Friday; by then, they will be writing it.Correct answer
  2. At this time tomorrow, the gardeners will be planting the final flower bed.
  3. By the end of the month, the charity will have collected its target amount.
  4. At 6 p.m. tonight, I will be travelling through the mountain tunnel.

Explanation

The report is promised as complete by Friday, but the future continuous presents writing as still in progress then. A completion deadline requires the future perfect, unlike the other sentences, which correctly describe either an action underway at a moment or work completed by a deadline.

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