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Question 88

Select all sentences that use the future continuous or future perfect correctly.

  1. The builders promise the stage will be ready by 9 a.m. on Monday; at 9 a.m. they will be assembling it.
  2. At 3 p.m. tomorrow, the swimmers will be crossing the lake halfway through their race.Correct answer
  3. Guests arrive throughout the reception from seven until ten; at eight, the hosts will have welcomed every guest.
  4. By 31 December, the volunteers will have scanned all 8,000 archive cards.Correct answer

Explanation

The swimmers will be mid-race at the stated moment, and the archive target is a completed total by a deadline. The stage sentence wrongly uses a progress form despite guaranteed completion, while the reception sentence wrongly uses a completion form for an activity known to be underway then.

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