WREN & MARTIN 's English grammar-10 MCQs on Future Tense
10 MCQs on Future Tense — Different Types of Future Tenses — Singular and Plural Number
1. "She *___ * her final examination next week and is feeling very confident about the results." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) is giving
- B) will be giving
- C) will give
- D) will have given
Answer: C) will give (The simple future tense "will give" is used here to describe an action that will take place at a specific point in the future — "next week" indicates a definite future time — the singular subject "she" takes the auxiliary "will" before the base form of the verb making "will give" the correct simple future form.)
2. "The engineers *___ * on the construction of the new flyover throughout the entire holiday season." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will work
- B) will have worked
- C) will be working
- D) are working
Answer: C) will be working (The future continuous tense "will be working" is used here to describe an action that will be in progress throughout a specific future period — "throughout the entire holiday season" indicates a continuous future action — the plural subject "the engineers" takes "will be" before the present participle "working.")
3. "By the time the guests arrive at the venue, she *___ * all the necessary arrangements for the ceremony." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will make
- B) will be making
- C) will have made
- D) is going to make
Answer: C) will have made (The future perfect tense "will have made" is used here to describe an action that will be fully completed before a specific future point — "by the time the guests arrive" establishes the future reference point — the singular subject "she" takes "will have" before the past participle "made.")
4. "The researchers *___ * on this groundbreaking project for five years by the time it is finally published." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will work
- B) will be working
- C) will have worked
- D) will have been working
Answer: D) will have been working (The future perfect continuous tense "will have been working" is used here to describe an action that will have been continuously in progress up to a specific point in the future — "for five years by the time it is finally published" indicates both the duration and the future reference point — the plural subject takes "will have been" before the present participle.)
5. "He *___ * his doctoral thesis by the end of this academic year if he maintains his current pace." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will be completing
- B) will complete
- C) will have completed
- D) is completing
Answer: C) will have completed (The future perfect tense "will have completed" is used here because the action of completing the thesis will be fully accomplished before the end of the academic year — "by the end of this academic year" establishes the future deadline — the singular subject "he" takes "will have" before the past participle "completed.")
6. "The committee *___ * its final verdict on the matter at the special session scheduled for next Friday." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will be announcing
- B) will have announced
- C) announces
- D) will announce
Answer: D) will announce (The simple future tense "will announce" is used here to describe a planned action that will take place at a specific future time — "at the special session scheduled for next Friday" indicates a definite future point — the collective noun "the committee" is treated as singular and takes "will" before the base form "announce.")
7. "At this time tomorrow, the athletes *___ * in the opening ceremony of the international sports championship." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will participate
- B) will have participated
- C) will be participating
- D) will have been participating
Answer: C) will be participating (The future continuous tense "will be participating" is used here to describe an action that will be in progress at a specific moment in the future — "at this time tomorrow" indicates a precise future moment when the action will be ongoing — the plural subject "the athletes" takes "will be" before the present participle "participating.")
8. "She *___ * in this company for thirty years by the time she finally retires at the end of next year." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will work
- B) will be working
- C) will have worked
- D) will have been working
Answer: D) will have been working (The future perfect continuous tense "will have been working" is used here to emphasise the duration of an action that will have been continuously in progress up to a future point — "for thirty years by the time she finally retires" indicates both the duration and the future reference point — the singular subject "she" takes "will have been" before the present participle.)
9. "The construction workers *___ * the new highway bridge by the time the monsoon season begins this year." — Choose the correct future tense form.
- A) will be completing
- B) will complete
- C) are completing
- D) will have completed
Answer: D) will have completed (The future perfect tense "will have completed" is used here to describe an action that will be fully accomplished before a specific future event — "by the time the monsoon season begins" establishes the future reference point — the plural subject "the construction workers" takes "will have" before the past participle "completed.")
10. "Which of the following sentences correctly uses the future continuous tense with a singular subject?"
- A) They will be travelling to the conference venue by the time you call them.
- B) The students will be submitting their assignments before the deadline tomorrow.
- C) She will be delivering her keynote address at the international seminar tomorrow morning.
- D) We will be celebrating our annual achievement awards at the grand hotel next Saturday.
Answer: C) She will be delivering her keynote address at the international seminar tomorrow morning. (This sentence correctly uses the future continuous tense "will be delivering" with the singular subject "she" — the singular subject takes "will be" before the present participle "delivering" — the sentence describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future time "tomorrow morning" — options A B and D all use plural subjects "they" "the students" and "we.")
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