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Choose the verb in the appropriate form:
Tomorrow afternoon, we’re going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4:30. So at 4 o’clock, __________________, (we/play) tennis.
A) We’ve played
B) We’ll be playing
C) We played
D) We’d play

Answer
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Hint: There are millions of verbs in English. A verb is a word used to indicate an action. It puts the subject of the sentence into motion and provides further information to help clarify the subject.

Complete Answer:
A verb, from the Latin” verbum”, is a word that conveys an event in syntax (bringing, reading, walking, running, learning), an occurrence (For example, happening, becoming). In the normal English definition the basic form is the infinitive, with or without the particle to.

Verbs are interpreted (modified in form) in many languages to encrypt aspect, tense, voice, and mood. A verb also may concur with the gender, person, or number on certain of its arguments, such as its object or subject. Verbs have tenses: present, to indicate that an action is taking place; past, to imply that an action is taking place; future, to indicate that an action is going to be done.

The way English works is that each word sits at a particular place and plays a particular sentence role. And even though a word may not be a real word, if it plays the verb's function, then it is a verb. Most verbs are action verbs; things you can do, things you can ask somebody to teach you. Let us look at an example here:

She accepted the job offer; in this sentence, she is carrying out an action, as in accepting the job offer. In the sentence given in the question, the action is supposed to be a future event.

So the correct verb will be option A) we'll be playing.

Note: Verbs differ by form, and each form is defined by the types of words that surround it, and their relationship to the verb itself. These are usually defined by their valence arguments and distinguish three basic types: double transitive, transitive, and intransitive verbs.

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