Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase in the following sentence. "In a few minutes' time, when the clock strikes six I would be waiting here for an hour".
Question and options
Choose the option which best replaces the underlined phrase in the following sentence.
"In a few minutes' time, when the clock strikes six I would be waiting here for an hour".
"In a few minutes' time, when the clock strikes six I would be waiting here for an hour".
- Shall be waiting on
- Shall have been waiting
- Shall wait
- No improvement
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - Shall have been waiting
The waiting will have run for a duration (an hour) up to a future point (six o'clock), so the future perfect continuous is needed: "shall have been waiting".
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